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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Apply for a California Public Utilities Commission Self-Generation Incentive Program Grant and to Appropriate $120,000 from the Water Pollution Control Plant's Fund Balance Reserves to Account 593-51-002 as a Grant Guarantee
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit for a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) and also approve an appropriation of $120,000 from the Water Pollution Control Plant's fund balance reserves to account 593-51-002-5890 as a grant guarantee.
BACKGROUND
As part of the City's ongoing efforts to increase resiliency, specifically with City operations, the Public Works Department is continuing to look at potential infrastructure modernization and resiliency projects that could be implemented. One potential project under consideration would be at the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) and tentatively includes:
* Microgrid Energy Control System
* Compressed Biogas System
* High Strength Waste (Receiving/Storage/Transfer)
* Battery Energy Storage
* Energy Conservation (via onsite equipment upgrades)
The CPUC's Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) provides incentives to support existing, new, and emerging distributed energy resources. Due to recent Public Safety Power Shutdowns (PSPS) events across the state, CPUC has increased funding to provide further resiliency to critical infrastructure such as the WPCP facility. The SGIP provides rebates for qualifying distributed energy systems installed on the customer's side of the utility meter. Qualifying technologies include wind turbines, waste heat-to-power technologies, pressure reduction turbines, internal combustion engines, microturbines, gas turbines, fuel cells, and advanced energy storage systems. The SGIP is administered on behalf of the...
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