Explanation
This legislation amends Ordinance 3029-2021, approved December 6, 2021, which authorized the Director of Public Utilities to negotiate and enter into agreements with Columbus Solar Park LLC, an affiliate of BQ Energy Development, LLC, and with AEP Energy Partners, Inc. (AEPEP), both related to the development of the Columbus Solar Park by SWACO and BQ Energy on a 173 acre SWACO-owned property that once served as Franklin County’s sanitary landfill and is located between Jackson Pike and I-71 in Grove City.
It is necessary to amend Ordinance 3029-2021 to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a facilities coordination agreement with AEPEP that will outline the terms and conditions for the sharing of the output of the Columbus Solar Park. Based on the results of discussions with AEPEP, the previously authorized benefits sharing agreement is no longer necessary. It is also necessary to amend Ordinance 3029-2021 to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to amend, as necessary, any agreements with American Municipal Power, its wholesale power supplier to facilitate such coordination with AEPEP.
SUPPLIERS:
Columbus Solar Park LLC, an affiliate of BQ Energy Development, LLC. | FID#: 84-4618154 | Vendor CC#: 040120 | Expires 11/12/2023
AEP Energy Partners, Inc., FID #77-0690681 | Vendor CC# 010283 | Expired 11/27/2020.
Neither company is debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL EFFECT: None.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
This ordinance is requested to be an emergency measure to allow negotiations to begin and be completed at the earliest possible date.
Title
To amend Ordinance 3029-2021 to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to negotiate and enter into a facilities coordination agreement with AEP Energy Partners, Inc. and to enter into any...
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