HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9176Resolution No. 9176
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving
the Professional Services Agreement between the Northern
California Power, Agency and the Cities of Alameda, Palo
Alto and Santa Clara for Electric Transmission, Generation
and Regulatory Consulting Services
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto ("City"), a municipal utility and a chartered city,
is a member of the Northern California Power Agency (''NCP A"); and
WHEREAS, in 2003, Palo Alto, along with two other NCP A members the Cities of
Alameda and Santa Clara, formed the Bay Area Municipal Transmission Group ("BAMx"); and
WHEREAS, in 2003, BAMx requested that NCP A provide professional consulting
services related to electric transmission, power generation, regulatory issues, and electric market
design issues affecting the BAMx members; and
WHEREAS, since 2003 NCPA has had a contract with Flynn Resource Consultants,
Inc. ("Flynn RCI") to provide these consulting services to the BAMx members; and
WHEREAS, the current contract between NCPA and Flynn RCI expires on June 30,
2011 and NCP A staff is preparing a new agreement to continue the consulting services for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2012; and
WHEREAS, for consulting agreements executed by NCP A on behalf of one, or a
subset of, NCP A members, NCP A requires that those members enter into a Professional Services
Agreement with NCP A; and
WHEREAS, the Professional Services Agreement specifies the terms and conditions
under which NCP A will procure the requested professional consulting services and allocate
charges between the BAMx members.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as
follows:
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