EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND: The City owns real property located at 3515 Hines Road, Pickerington, Ohio 43147 {Fairfield County Tax Parcel 0580802000} (“Property”), which is managed by the Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”). As a part of a Smart City project the City is working with AEP on the development, construction, and demonstration of a distributed energy resources (DER) technology micro-grid project (the “Project”). In order to complete the Project the Ohio Power Company doing business as American Electric Power (“AEP”) will need to install electric Infrastructure, and associated appurtenances to provide electric service as part of the Project. AEP now requests the applicable electric utility easement to burden a portion of the Property in order to maintain certain electric facilities and associated appurtenances to support the Project (“Easement”). DPU reviewed the request and supports granting AEP the easement at no cost in consideration that (i) the Easement supports only electricity services for the Project, and (ii), the Easement is nonexclusive.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested so that the electric infrastructure can be installed quickly to allow for the micro grid installation to be completed in a timely manner which will preserve the public peace, health, property, safety, and welfare.
TITLE
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to execute and acknowledge any document(s) necessary, as approved by the Department of Law, Real Estate Division, to grant to the Ohio Power Company an electric utility easement to burden a portion of the City’s real property located at 3515 Hines Road; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
BODY
WHEREAS, the City owns property at 3515 Hines Road, Pickerington, Ohio 43147 {Fairfield County Tax Parcel 0580802000} (“Property”); and
WHEREAS, the City intends to grant the Ohio Power Company, an Oh...
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