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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
To: Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Wanda Nelson, City Clerk
From: Gerry S. Paul Ox
Director of Purchasing & Risk Management
Date: May 5, 2014
Financial Services
Purchasing Division
215 N. Mason St. 2n" Floor
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221.6775
970.221.6707- fax
fcgov, com/purchasing
Re: 7556 Community Solar Garden — Power Purchase Agreement
Attached for your review and execution is the Power Purchase Agreement between the
City and Clean Energy Collective LLC (CEC) for the City's first community solar garden.
CEC will develop, operate and maintain the solar garden on City property leased back
to CEC. Key provisions of the agreement include:
- Primary site location under consideration 500 Riverside (Pickle Plant Site)
- Initial term 25 years with options for two (2) five (5) term extensions
- Facility capacity 660 kW DC; Phase 1 333 kW DC
- City will fund $500,000 (333 kW) of solar rebate incentives for participating
Customers at a rate of $1.501W DC, capped at 3 kW ($4,500) per
residential customer and 10 kW ($15,000) for GS and GS25 commercial
- The City funding is including in the 2014 Utilities budget appropriation
- The City will earn all Green Attributes/RECs
- CEC will contract directly with participating citizens
This agreement is sponsored by Utilities (John Phelan and Norm Weaver) and was
developed in close collaboration with the City Attorney's Office (Cyril Vidergar).
Darin, please sign the contract document and forward to the City Clerk.
Wanda, please call Purchasing, Gerry will come over, sign and initial the contracts.