City of Columbus - File #: 1194-2010

• File #: 1194-2010
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/12/2010
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 10/18/2010
• Final action: 10/20/2010
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of Public Utilities to apply for a Federal ARRA funded Transforming Waste to Value Program Grant Agreement with the Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Energy Resources Division for the Southerly Waste Water Treatment Plant (SWWTP) Waste Digester Gas Utilization Improvements Project; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/20/2010	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/19/2010	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/18/2010	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/18/2010	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/6/2010	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/6/2010	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/5/2010	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/5/2010	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/5/2010	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/4/2010	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/4/2010	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/4/2010	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/4/2010	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/30/2010	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/30/2010	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/30/2010	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/28/2010	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/21/2010	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/1/2010	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/1/2010	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/31/2010	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation will authorize the Director of Public Utilities to apply for a Federal ARRA (Stimulus) funded Transforming Waste to Value Program Grant through the Ohio Department of Development for the purpose of partially funding the Southerly WWTP Waste Digester Gas Utilization Improvements Project. The Transforming Waste to Value Program Grant is administered by the Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Energy Resources Division. The total cost of the project is $3,071,000.00. The amount of grant money requested is $1,000,000.00.

The Transforming Waste to Value Program Grant is administered by the Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Energy Resources Division. This grant is for the Southerly WWTP Waste Digester Gas Utilization Improvements Project. With the requested $1 million grant, the Department of Public Utilities plans to improve the existing digester gas system at the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant by converting waste digester gas to energy for use in providing building heat at that location. The project will install a new digester gas pipeline to deliver gas to two sets of boilers, including three Screen and Grit Building (SGB) boilers and three Service Building (SEV) boilers. The SGB boilers are fitted with both digester and natural gas connections. The four existing fuel oil SEV boilers have exceeded their useful life by over twenty years and will be replaced under this project with boilers equipped to burn gas.

Providing the digester gas line will increase the beneficial use of digester gas and reduce flaring of digester gas as waste during the heating season. Currently, excess digester gas is combusted at the waste gas burner. Once the digesters are fully operational, an estimated average of 700 MMBTUs of digester gas per heating season will be available for use in providing building heat. The proposed connection of the digester gas system to the SEV and SGB boilers allows the excess gas to b...