AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 09/18/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Department of Water and Power
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration to award RFQ 19-041AO for the purchase of high-voltage electrical transformers and pad-mounted equipment switchgear to Anixter as back-up equipment for the Electric Utility.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
1. Award RFQ 19-041AO to Anixter in the amount of $213,549.74 for the purchase of high-voltage electrical transformers and pad-mounted equipment (PME) switchgear as back-up equipment for the Electric Utility.
2. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue purchase orders and change orders per Corona Municipal Code Section 3.08.080(I).
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ANALYSIS:
The City of Corona Department of Water and Power (DWP) provides energy delivery services to two types of customers: Direct Access (DA) customers and fully-bundled electric service to Greenfield customers that involves energy acquisition, transmission, distribution and retail activities. DWP has approximately 1,826 Greenfield accounts that consists of residential, commercial, governmental and industrial customers and 951 DA accounts that consists primarily of City owned facilities.
For both DA and Greenfield-bundled customers, the City is responsible for the acquisition of energy through contract generation and the market. The City then sells that energy directly to its customers. The energy is transported through the electrical service grid into Southern California Edison's (SCE) distribution system. That power is delivered to SCE's Corona Substation where the electrical power gets stepped-down to the proper voltage. For DA customers, the energy is then delivered to the City customer through the distribution system of SCE, up to and through the meter. For the Greenfield-bundled customers, SCE delivers the energy to a City-owned Wholesale Distribution Access Tariff (WDAT). ...
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