REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Delegate 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
In Silicon Valley Power (SVP) quarterly updates to City Council, staff has reported that electrical demand in the City is expected to increase significantly over the next decade. On September 28, 2021 (Council Item 21-871), the City Council accepted SVP's 3-year Growth Plan Strategy Report (System Growth Plan). According to this System Growth Plan, SVP peak load projections are 879 MW in 2024 and 1125 MW in 2031. Compared to a 2021 peak of 598 MW, this is an increase of nearly 100% in ten years. The System Growth Plan identified ten system expansion projects required to be completed by 2024 to meet this increased load demand safely and reliably. Meeting this electrical demand from future growth requires additional engineering support in three areas: (1) System Expansion Planning, (2) General Consulting, and (3) Plan Implementation.
On October 13, 2020, Council approved (Council Item 20-854) 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. On May 13, 2022, Council authorized the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with AECOM Techn...
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