HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-094-06/03/1986-COST SHARING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES U S DEPT OF ENERGY WESTERN AREA POWER ADMIN RESOLUTION 86- 94
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
(WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION) FOR COST
SHARING WITH THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS LIGHT AND
UTILITY ECONOMIC ANALYSES FOR CONSERVATION
AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
WHEREAS, the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) of the U.S.
Department of Energy solicited cost sharing proposals on the conservation
and renewable energy technologies and development projects which will
enhance WAPA's technical assistance to its customers; and
WHEREAS, the cost-sharing proposals should further WAPA's goals of: 1)
increasing efficiencies in the use of electrical energy; 2) encouraging the
development of renewable energy resources where economically feasible; and
3) reducing United States dependence upon imported energy; and
WHEREAS, the Light and Power Utility of the City of Fort Collins
desires to investigate technologies and energy uses in order to control the
rates charged to its customers and to provide enhanced service; and
WHEREAS, the Light and Power Utility submitted a cost sharing proposal
to WAPA for a Feasibility Study for the Use of Uninterruptible Power
Supplies (UPS) in Controlling Peak Demand (Study) , to investigate Utility
control of UPS systems to limit peak electrical demand and to analyze a
method of providing a higher quality level of electrical energy; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the study is twelve thousand four
hundred five dollars ($12,405.00) ; and
WHEREAS, the U . S . Department of Energy Western Area Power
Administration has reviewed the proposal submitted by the Light and Power
Utility as meeting its goals and has offered a cost-sharing contract to the
City of Fort Collins wherein a maximum amount of six thousand two hundred
two dollars ($6,202.00) would be given toward the cost of the study in
exchange for the results of the study for sharing with its customers; and
WHEREAS, the Light and Power Utility has sufficient funds for its
share of the study.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Mayor be, and he hereby is, authorized to enter into an
agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy Western Area Power
Administration whereby the cost of the Feasibility Study for the Use of
Uninterruptible Power Supplies in Controlling Peak Demand of the Light and
Power Utility will be shared by the Western Area Power Administration by
its payment of a sum not to exceed six thousand two hundred two dollars
($6,202.00) .
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this
3rd day of June, A.D. 1986.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk