REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement for Distributed Control System Upgrade/Replacement Project with Emerson Process Management Power and Water Solutions
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), operates three power generation facilities within city limits: the Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant (DVR), the City of Santa Clara Cogen, and the Gianera Generating Station (Gianera). The DVR facility is the main plant and is a 2x1 combined cycle power plant rated at 147 Megawatts of electrical power.
In 2019, a Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued to replace the control systems at DVR because the existing control systems were at end of life. After evaluation of all submitted proposals, a contract was awarded to Emerson to replace the distributed control system at DVR. A control system is a critical component of a power plant providing for operator interface and distributed control of turbine, generator, and Balance of Plant (BOP) functions including startup, shutdown, protection, and monitoring.
The agreement with Emerson included provision for hardware components necessary for the control system to function, including but not limited to controllers, cabinets, communication network hardware, related hardware, labor for configuration, training, support, and third-party software. The project was completed in June 2020.
In 2020, Council approved Amendment No. 1 which included: implementation of Emerson's Ovation software and the Ovation Excitation System, replacement of the Automatic Voltage Regulators (AVR) for all three generators with new equipment at DVR, and regulatory testing and modeling required by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and Western Electric Coordinating Council (WECC) Electric Reliability Standards. ...
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