CITY MANAGER AUTHORITY PROCUREMENT AWARDS
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Change Order #2 to Contract 21-097, Comprehensive Electric Utility Cost-of-Service Rate Study, to Utility Financial Solutions, LLC for an amount not to exceed $795 and a total award of $70,385
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DEPARTMENT: Electric Utility
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Groth, Director
BACKGROUND:
The City Manager awarded Contract 21-097 to Utility Financial Solutions, LLC on March 2, 2021 for a three year term with a completion date of December 31, 2023. The purpose of this contract is to contract with a firm that will perform an electric utility rate study and to support this study through 2023.
DISCUSSION:
UFS completed all portions of the CY2021 rate study and new utility rates were implemented on January 1, 2022. As work began on the solar and avoided cost pricing portion of the project UFS informed the City that there was additional work, not scoped, to accommodate the City’s billing system as well as reduce workload on employees when generating solar and avoided cost fees.
The additional scope of work provided solar customers avoided cost for the new net metering policy.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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Electric Utility Rate Studies are expensed to the Other Professional Service account listed below. A total of $10,000 has been budgeted for this line-item expense in 2023. The requested change order of $795 is within the budgeted amount for this expense.
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Account Number |
Fund Description |
Total Budget Amount |
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40101300-531309 |
Electric Utility |
$14,050 |