Title
Incorporated County of Los Alamos Resolution No. 19-18; A Resolution Authorizing and Approving an Increase in the Participant's Entitlement Share Under the Carbon Free Power Project Power Sales Contract for the Lay-off Power Sales Agreement Associated with Joint Use Module Plant Operations at the Carbon Free Power Project; and Related Matters
Recommended Action
I move that Council adopt Incorporated County of Los Alamos Resolution No. 19-18; A Resolution Authorizing and Approving an Increase in the Participant's Entitlement Share Under the Carbon Free Power Project Power Sales Contract for the Lay-off Power Sales Agreement Associated with Joint Use Module Plant Operations at the Carbon Free Power Project; and Related Matters
Utilities Manager's Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that Council adopt the resolution as presented.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities recommends that Council adopt the resolution as presented.
Body
This JUMP Allocation Resolution is for Los Alamos County to express their interest in their entitlement share of capacity and energy from the Joint Use Module Plant (JUMP) program after DOE has completed their research and development using the power output of the JUMP.
UAMPS and DOE expect to have the terms and conditions of the JUMP Power Sales Layoff agreement completed by October 2019. At this time the members interested in the JUMP program will have the option to rescind its election to increase their entitlement share in the CFPP.
What is JUMP?
JUMP refers to the Joint Use Modular Plant and specifically the first NuScale module at the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) that will be used by the Department of Energy (“DOE”) for research and development (“R & D”) purposes. UAMPS and DOE entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) in December 2018 to explore potential R & D applications for the JUMP module and establishing a goal to have contracts in place between...
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