REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Distributed Control System Upgrade/Replacement Project between Emerson Process Management Power and Water Solutions and City of Santa Clara and Related Budget Amendment
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 the city limits: the Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant (DVR), the City of Santa Clara Cogen, and the Gianera Generating Station. 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 and, after evaluation of all submitted proposals, a contract was awarded to Emerson to replace the distributed control system at DVR. That project was completed in June 2020.
DISCUSSION
The current agreement with Emerson includes provision of all hardware components necessary for the control system to function, including but not limited to controllers,
cabinets, communication network hardware, and other related hardware; all software including Emerson's proprietary Ovation software and other third-party software installed as part of the system; as well as labor for project management, implementation, configuration, commissioning, training, and support.
The proposed amendment is adding the Ovation Excitation System project to the current Agreement. The project includes implementation of the Ovation Excitation System, and replacement of the Automatic Voltage Regulators (AVR) at all three generators at DVR with new, fully-supported equipment that works in concert with the Ovation turbine controls. The AVR's control the Voltage and Frequency output of the facility. All three AVR's currently in place are obsolete and have reached End of Life and, therefore, the manufacturers have discontinued sup...
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