Title
Approval of Services Agreement No. AGR16-042 with Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) in the amount of $679,320.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of Energy Trade Capture and Scheduling Software
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve Services Agreement No. AGR16-042 with Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) in the amount of $679,320.00 plus applicable gross receipts tax, for the purpose of Energy Trade Capture and Scheduling Software.
Utilities Manager Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
The Department of Public Utilities: Electric Production (EP) Division has been using OATI power scheduling software, (Web-Trader), since 2009. OATI Web-Trader is an internet based product that helps monitor and track, the County and LANL combined load, generation assets and market purchases and sales on an hourly basis throughout the year. The County’s Power Systems Operators also manage the loads and resources for Sandia Kirtland using the Web-Trader, power scheduling software.
Power trading software, as a service, is essential to Electric Production operations. This new contract will also help Los Alamos County and Los Alamos National Laboratory in compliance with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) standards as they apply to our operation. The cost of this service was included in the current fiscal year budget and approved by the Utilities Board and County Council.
Alternatives
Prior to 2009, the Los Alamos Power Pool managed the loads and generation assets using a very sophisticated spread sheet to track and archive the daily power trading transactions. When the County started perform...
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