HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9480Resolution No. 9480
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving
the Execution of the Northern California Power Agency Meter
Maintenance Program Agreement
RECITALS
A. The City of Palo Alto ("City"), a municipal and chartered city, is a member of
the Northern California Power Agency ("NCPA").
B. NCPA, acting on behalf of the City, schedules the City's electric load and
resources within the California Independent System Operator Corporation ("CAISO")
balancing authority pursuant to the terms of the CAISO Tariff.
C. The City operates as a metered subsystem located within the CAISO, and is a
party to the Second Amended and Restated NCPA Metered Subsystem Aggregator
Agreement ("MSSA Agreement"), as it may be amended from time to time, therefore the
City is obligated to comply with certain provisions of the CAISO Tariff applicable to metering
equipment, including but not limited to, maintenance, outages, testing and certification.
D. NCPA has developed the Meter Maintenance Program Agreement under
which NCPA will acquire services from a third party vendor, Trimark Associates Inc. ·
("Trimark"), pursuant to the General Services Agreement between NCPA and Trimark
("Services Agreement"), on behalf of the City, to perform me!er maintenance activities.
E. The Services Agreement provides for maintenance, repair, certification, testing,
installation, replacement and removal of meters and metering equipment located at the
City's points-of-interconnection with the CAISO and the City's Cooperatively Owned Back-
up Generators ("COBUG") facility.
F. Pursuant to the Meter Maintenance Program Agreement, NCPA will manage the
coordination of meter maintenance and repair activities between the City and Trimark.
G. The Meter Maintenance Program Agreement will benefit the City by providing a
cost effective, coordinated and responsive service to maintain meters and metering equipment.
H. Costs for services provided to the City under the Meter Maintenance
Program Agreement will be based on the compensation schedules and hourly fees specified
in the NCPA General Services Agreement with Trimark.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to
execute the NCPA Meter Maintenance Program Agreement and to execute subsequent
amendments to the NCPA Meter Maintenance Program Agreement, as needed, to continue to
receive meter maintenance support services through NCPA and/or vendors contracted through
NCPA in an effort to remain compliant with the rules of the CAISO Tariff and the MSSA
Agreement.
SECTION 2. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution does not constitute a
project under the California Public Resources Code Section 21065 of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines, and therefore, no environmental
assessment is required.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: December 15, 2014
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, HOLMAN, KLEIN, KNISS, PRICE, SCHARFF, SCHMID, SHEPHERD
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATIEST: /
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
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. Deputy City Attorney
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