REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Approval of Three (3) New Full-time Positions to Support Silicon Valley Power's System Expansion Program
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure.
BACKGROUND
In November 2019, the City of Santa Clara's Electric Department, Silicon Valley Power (SVP), management team met to discuss the strategic priorities for SVP. At that time, it was identified that SVP was going to experience significant continued electric load growth and SVP needed to develop a capital improvement strategy to meet this growth. Staff determined the need to develop both near-term and long-term strategies to accommodate approved growth and to develop the necessary infrastructure plan options. The City Council has taken many actions in support of this growth as a part of SVP's System Expansion Plan, including approving master service agreements with engineering consulting firms (RTC's #20-854, #22-166, and #23-737), accepting SVP's Three-Year System Growth Plan Strategy (RTC #21-871), and adopting SVP's system plan for California Independent System Operator's (CAISO) Transmission Planning Process (TPP) FY2023/24 (SVP System Expansion Plan CAISO TPP FY2023/24) (RTC #22-1172).
SVP staff has worked non-stop on a number of projects required to increase electric capacity in Santa Clara to meet the needs of SVP's customers. The City Council has also taken some actions to increase staff, but additional staffing is needed to support the delivery of required infrastructure projects as these projects move into the construction phase.
SVP issued public works bid packets to support the Electric Utility Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Kifer Receiving Station (KRS) and Scott Receiving Station (SRS) Rebuild and Replacement Project, Projects No. 2453 and 2456, respectively and the Northern Receiving Station Upgrade and Expansion Project, Project No. 2454. The proposed projects were identified in SVP's Three-Y...
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