PUBLIC UTILITIES ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the preliminary report from Customized Energy Solutions
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DEPARTMENT: Electric Utility
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Groth, Electric Utility Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The utility’s current power provider, the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA), has been providing services to the City since 2007 and electricity to Naperville since 2011. The IMEA serves 32 municipal electric utilities across the state by securing the required capacity and energy for its member communities. In addition to providing power, the IMEA also handles several administrative, legal, and regulatory services for the utility.
The City’s contract with IMEA expires on Sept. 30, 2035. Planning to acquire adequate power to meet Naperville’s needs and operational and administrative services beyond this timeframe is a multi-year effort. This work includes a significant amount of information gathering and exploration of different power procurement options, as various options require a multi-year ramp-up of resources and strategic decisions to be made at appropriate times.
To help with this planning effort, in September 2024, the City issued a RFP to solicit proposals from experienced and qualified consulting firms to identify and evaluate options associated with providing energy management services and associated ancillary services for its municipal-owned electric utility. Customized Energy Solutions (CES) was chosen to perform this work.
DISCUSSION:
As part of the information gathering process and understanding that PUAB will provide an advisory board recommendation to the City Council on this topic, CES will present its preliminary report via a presentation at the March 6, 2025, PUAB meeting.
CES’s presentation does not include a final recommendation to the City on how to proceed, rather, it is the compilation of research and fact finding to date. The PUAB meeting is an opportunity to hear public comment and feedback that can be incorporated into a final report to be presented to the PUAB for further discussion at a future date. The PUAB will not make any decisions or recommendations at this meeting.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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