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TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	02/11/2019
Subject: RECEIVE Review of SunPower/Contra Costa County PV Portfolio Summary Technical and Economic Pro-Forma.
Submitted For:	TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:
Referral Name:	N/A - TWIC is considering the addition of a referral which would authorize their monitoring of this issue.
Presenter:	Frank Di Massa (925 )957-2473	Contact:	Frank Di Massa (925)957-2473

Information

Referral History:

This item is being brought to the TWIC for the first time. Conversations between Public Works and TWIC staff resulted in the staff recommendation, considered earlier on the February TWIC Agenda, that the monitoring of the County's conversion to solar/distributed energy be taken up by TWIC.

Referral Update:

Background
In December, 2017, the BOS approved Public Works to submit Interconnection Applications to PG&E for the installation of solar PV systems under advantageous grand-fathered Time-of-Use rates. On July 10, 2018 the BOS approved Public Works Distributed Energy Resources (DER) plan which included permission to issue an RFQ to select a solar partner to install PV systems under a Power Purchase Agreement in accordance with California Contracting Code 4217.

Through the RFQ process Public Works selected SunPower Corporation. SunPower submitted the above-mentioned Interconnection Applications to PG&E for selected County Facilities and has developed a PV Portfolio Summary which will be presented to TWIC with a request to oversee the process of negotiating a Power Purchase Agreement for the implementation of the solar PV systems in County facilities.

As part of the Board approved Distributed Energy Resources Program Plan, Public Works is pursuing the installation of solar PV systems at selected County-owned facilities through a Power Purchase Agreement with SunPower Corporation. SunPower, selected by the County through an RFQ process, has delivered the Contra Costa County PV Portfolio Summary, a financial pro-forma delineating the power production and cost savings from technically feasible solar energy systems at County-owned facilities.

Public Works requests that the TWIC receive information on the PV Project Proposal and agree to oversee the development of the associated Power Purchase Agreement.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

DIRECT staff to process of the review and vetting of the Power Purchase Agreement for Solar Photovoltaics project through TWIC.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

No Fiscal Impact

Attachments
Contra Costa County Project Overview Updated 12-19-2018