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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a Solar Power & Services Agreement and related documents with SunEdison Government Solutions, LLC, for a 25-year term for the purchase of energy produced from solar photovoltaic installations at five potential municipal sites within the City of Long Beach, and any necessary amendments that do not change material terms.
(District 5)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach seeks to reduce its carbon footprint by increasing the use of renewable energy and reducing the City’s cost to purchase energy. Therefore, the City issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) PW-14-036 on February 7, 2014 to pre-qualify solar vendors for participation in a Request for Proposals (RFP). Five (5) vendors were “short-listed” as qualified to move on to the RFP stage.
RFP Number PW14-054 for Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for Various Sites was issued to the short list and four (4) proposals from the pre-qualified firms were received by the response date of July 30, 2014. A Review Committee, comprised of City staff, evaluated the proposals, interviewed each responding vendor, and determined that SunEdison was best qualified and offered the best value in providing PPA services for parking lots at the following five potential municipal sites in the City of Long Beach: Fleet/Environmental Services Bureau; Long Beach Gas and Oil Headquarters; New Airport Parking Garage; Future East Division Police Sub-Station; and Main Health Department Building.
SunEdison proposes to install up to 3.4 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels distributed among up to the five sites mentioned above, which would be installed on new or existing carports over parking spaces in each of the lots. All sites are in the final scoping stage and will shortly enter the design stage. The PPA provides that SunEdison would install, own, operate and maintain the PV system, while the City commits to purchasing all of the power generated by the system a...
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