REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Amendment No. 5 to Western Area Power Administration and Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 96-SNR-00110 Agreement for the Funding of Operation and Maintenance for Central Valley Project Power Facilities [Council Pillar: Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure]
Report
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara's Electric Department, doing business as Silicon Valley Power ("SVP"), entered into Agreement 96-SNR-00110 ("Agreement") on November 12, 1997 with the United States of America (i) acting by and through Western Area Power Administration, Department of Energy ("Western") and (ii) acting by and through Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior ("Reclamation"); and the Central Valley Project ("CVP") preference power customers ("Customers"). The Agreement establishes an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Program for the CVP power facilities that will provide an adequate and reliable source of funds for the O&M activities and a Governance Board to plan and monitor the O&M Program. The Parties to the Agreement developed the proposed Amendment 5 to Agreement 96-SNR-00110 to clarify the process for filling vacancies on the Governance Board and to ensure full membership on the Governance Board. SVP Staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment 5 to Agreement 96-SNR-00110.
DISCUSSION
The Governance Board is made up of the following:
a) 6 Customers from Municipal/Public Utility Districts/Rural Electric Cooperatives1
b) 2 Customers from Federal/State/Other2
c) 1 Customer from Water and/or Irrigation Districts
d) 1 Customer from First Preference Customer
e) 1 Representative from Reclamation
f) 1 Representative from Western
The proposed amendment will clarify that when a vacancy occurs in a Customer group (Groups a-d), Western will provide notice to that Customer group and the Customer group will have 45-days to elect a new Governance Board member. If a Customer...
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