HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-18 CC Reso - Approval of NCPA Agreements CITY OF UKIAH
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-18
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH APPROVING THE POWER
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT, AMENDED AND RESTATED
FACILITIES AGREEMENT, AMENDED AND RESTATED SCHEDULING COORDINATION
PROGRAM AGREEMENT, AND SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, Northern California Power Agency ("NCPA") provides various power management and
administrative services to its members pursuant to service based agreements; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah (City) is a member of NCPA and currently takes certain power
management and administrative services from NCPA; and
WHEREAS, certain service based agreements under which NCPA supplies power management
and administrative services were developed prior to the deregulation of the wholesale electric industry
and are inconsistent with current business practices, including how costs associated with power
management and administrative services are allocated among the members; and
WHEREAS, to ensure that the service based agreements under which NCPA supplies power
management and administrative services to the City are made to be consistent with current business
practices, NCPA, in coordination with City staff, has developed the Amended and Restated Facilities
Agreement, Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement, and Second
Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement; and
WHEREAS, NCPA has also developed a new agreement, the Power Management and
Administrative Services Agreement, that will work together with the Amended and Restated Facilities
Agreement, Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement, and Second
Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement establishes the
framework under which a member shall enter into one or more service agreements with NCPA to obtain
power management and administrative services from NCPA, and documents how costs associated with
NCPA's provision of power management and administrative services are allocated among the members
based on having participated in a NCPA Project or having executed one or more service agreements;
and
WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions
under which NCPA may acquire, finance and plan for the addition of NCPA Projects, and manage,
maintain, operate, schedule and perform billing for NCPA Projects; and
WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement sets forth
the terms and conditions under which NCPA may provide Scheduling Coordination Services to the
members, where Scheduling Coordination Services include, but is not limited to, submission of
schedules and bids on behalf of the members, obtaining and maintaining settlement quality meter data,
performing outage coordination for planned and unplanned outages, validation and reconciliation of
CAISO settlement charges and credits, and allocating CAISO charges and credits among the
members; and
WHEREAS, the Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement sets forth the terms and �
conditions under which NCPA may provide Power Pool Management Services to the members, where
Power Pool Management Services include, but are not limited to, load, resource and price forecasting,
resource planning and optimization, energy and capacity transaction activities, risk analysis and
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management, pre-scheduling, scheduling and dispatch activities, power pool operations and settlement
standards, contract administration and industry restructuring and advocacy activities; and
WHEREAS, the Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement, Amended and
Restated Facilities Agreement, Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement,
and Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement will ensure that the rules and requirements for i
how NCPA supplies power management and administrative services to the members are transparent,
non-discriminatory, durable, and consistent with current business practices; and
WHEREAS, the Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement, Amended and
Restated Facilities Agreement, Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement,
and Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement have been written to mitigate cross member
risk and are structured to insulate members who do not take certain power management and
administrative services from NCPA from risks inherent in the services and transactions undertaken by
NCPA on behalf of any given member or group of inembers, and the agreements are designed to
clearly assign costs attributed to a particular services and to ensure that the members who take certain
services are obligated to assume all obligations that result from NCPA's actions in performing the
services; and
WHEREAS, the environmental impact is addressed in the Agenda Summary Report dated May 7,
2014.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED as follows: I
1. Adopts and approves the Power Management and Administrative Services Agreement, Amended and I�
Restated Facilities Agreement, Amended and Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement,
and Second Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement; and
2. Authorizes the City Manager or designee of the City to execute the Power Management and
Administrative Services Agreement, Amended and Restated Facilities Agreement, Amended and
Restated Scheduling Coordination Program Agreement, and Second Amended and Restated Pooling
Agreement, on behalf of the City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Ukiah City Council on May 7, 2014, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Scalmanini, Thomas, Landis, and Mayor Baldwin
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Crane
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hilip E Idwin, Mayor
ATTEST:
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K�'istine Lawler, City Clerk
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