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Approval of Contract No. 17-SLC-0896 Between Los Alamos County and United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration Salt Lake City Area for Integrated Projects for Firm Electric Services
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities Contract No. 17-SLC-0896 Between Los Alamos County and United States Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration Salt Lake City Area for Integrated Projects for Firm Electric Services and forward to Council for approval.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the contract as presented.
Body
Los Alamos County has been receiving an entitlement share of federal hydropower since 1989 through the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). WAPA is an agency of the United States Department of Energy formed for the purpose of marketing electric energy generated at hydroelectric generating facilities operated by the United States Department Bureau of Reclamation. The County’s entitlement share of this renewable energy resource is approximately 1.5 MW’s of capacity with an annual energy entitlement of 5,097 MWh.
WAPA in accordance with their resource planning obligations developed a 2025 Salt Lake City Area (SLCA) Integrated Projects Marketing Plan. The County is a contractor of the SLCA Integrated Projects and specifically contracts with WAPA through the Colorado River Storage Project, which is one of SLCA Integrated Projects.
The 2025 Marketing Plan proposes that contracts be entered into with existing contractors for the Post-2025 marketing period at the same entitlement levels established under existing contracts. WAPA has made a few changes in the proposed contract from the form of the existing contract. Thus the effect of entry into the proposed contract would be essentially to continue the basic operational terms of the existing contract until 2057.
The County by written notice to WAPA within 90 days after the effective date of a rate change, may elect to terminate...
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