REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Delegation of Authority to the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Amendments to Agreements for Design Professional Services for Silicon Valley Power's System Capacity Expansion Planning Including Plan Implementation and General Consulting Services
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara's Electric Utility, Silicon Valley Power (SVP), has provided dependable electric service for over 125 years. The demand for electric power from SVP's customers is expected to almost double over the next ten (10) years. During the recent heat wave, SVP reached a new system peak demand of 722 MW in 2024. With the new system expansion projects, and the California Independent System Operator's transmission line to be constructed by LS Power, SVP is expected to reach a peak of +/-1300 MW by 2030.
The City Council has taken many actions in support of growth as a part of SVP's System Expansion Plan:
* RTC #20-854: On October 13, 2020, City Council authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute agreements with (1) five firms (1898 & Co., TRC Solutions, Inc., Electrical Consultants, Inc., AECOM Technical Services, Inc., and Stantec Consulting Services Inc.) in the amount of $3,000,000 per agreement for plan implementation; and (2) five firms (Advisian Worley Group, TRC Solutions, Inc., Leidos Engineering, LLC, Flynn Resource Consultants, Inc. and EN Engineering LLC.) in the amount of $2,000,000 per agreement for general consulting services. The total maximum compensation of these ten agreements is authorized not to exceed $25 million over a five-year period.
* RTC #21-871: On September 28, 2021, City Council accepted SVP's Three-Year System Growth Plan Strategy. This plan identified $300 million in proposed projects for both near-term and long-term capital improvement projects needed to support anticipated system growth and to replace end-of ...
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