REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Action on Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) Shared Use and Occupancy Agreement
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) is a public Joint Powers Agency formed in 1968 under California's Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Cal Gov. Code ?? 6500 et. seq.), whose members include the cities of Alameda, Biggs, Gridley, Healdsburg, Lodi, Lompoc, Palo Alto, Redding, Roseville, Santa Clara-Silicon Valley Power, Shasta Lake and Ukiah, as well as the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Port of Oakland, the Truckee Donner Public Utility District, and the Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative.
Most critically for its 16 members, NCPA over the past four decades has constructed and today operates and maintains a fleet of power plants that is among the cleanest in the nation, and that provides reliable and affordable electricity to more than 700,000 Californians. NCPA made a major investment in renewable energy in the early 1980s when it developed two geothermal power plants and financed and built a 250 MW hydroelectric facility. Thirty years later, these resources continue to generate reliable, emission-free electricity for its member communities.
NCPA's 778 MW portfolio of power plants are approximately 57% greenhouse gas emission-free. NCPA's mix of geothermal, hydroelectric, and natural gas resources is well positioned to help its members achieve California's policy of a 60% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) by 2030.
When managing a diverse portfolio of resources and ensuring that power is scheduled and flowing every second of every day, it is prudent to have adequate contingency plans for various emergency situations that may occur. NCPA created a separate Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in case of emergencies if something happens to the primary NCPA location in Roseville. In this center there is underutilized and unoccupied ...
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