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PILOT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
RECITALS
City of Port Angeles 1
1 Record #00237
This PILOT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the last signature date written
below, is between Global Energy Partners, LLC, and the City of Port Angeles "Customer
The City of Port Angeles "COPA in partnership with the Bonneville Power Administration "BPA is
conducting this Commercial and Industrial Demand Response Pilot Project "Project which is designed to
demonstrate Demand Response (DR) capabilities and technologies in the Pacific Northwest. Global Energy
Partners, LLC "Global has been engaged by BPA to manage the Project.
This Project aims to demonstrate that commercial and industrial "C &I DR assets can be used to:
Delay or eliminate the need for regional transmission system upgrades;
Reduce peak electrical demand;
Reduce wholesale power supply costs;
Test the ability to dispatch specific C &I loads through automated DR strategies.
In addition to the above goals, BPA will investigate and collect information as to the responsiveness of C &I
Toads served by COPA to determine the benefits of DR as a tool for assisting BPA meet system loads and grid
conditions.
AGREEMENT
1. The Customer agrees to participate in the Project with the understanding that the Customer shall receive
an Equipment /Installation Incentive for the implementation of demand response technologies and
measures at its operating site. Global agrees to pay agreed upon project costs for the design, procurement,
and installation of the automated demand response technologies and measures.
2. The Equipment/Installation Incentive shall be for the reimbursement of costs associated with the design,
procurement, and installation of the automated demand response technologies and measures The
Equipment/Installation Incentive amount and automated demand response technologies and measures are
defined in Attachment A. The total Equipment/Installation Incentive cannot exceed 100% of the automated
demand response project costs.
3. Global will work with the Customer to develop the specifications for the potential cost effective automated
demand response technologies and measures. Global will perform a field visit to conduct a pre installation
inspection to verify the compatibility of existing technology, estimate the demand response potential, and
work with an installation vendor to identify the scope and cost of the work.
4. Within two weeks after the installation of the automated demand response technologies and measures are
completed, the Customer shall contact Global to schedule a post installation inspection. A Global
representative will visit the site to verify that that the automated demand response technologies and
measures have been installed and are fit for the use intended.
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5. After completion of items 1 -4, the Customer shall provide Global with copies of invoices for project
equipment and construction. Invoices must include: vendor name /address /phone, itemized listing of
products including quantity, product description, manufacturer, model and other identifying information
as appropriate, and cost details. All information must be provided to Global within 5 days of the post
installation inspection. Upon receipt of the invoices from Customer, Global will submit a request to BPA for
reimbursement. Global will then pay the Customer within 60 days upon the receipt of the invoices from
Customer.
6. After the post installation inspection, the Customer agrees to begin participating in DR demonstration test
events to be scheduled either by the COPA or the BPA. These demonstration test events will evaluate the
technical and economic efficacy of C &I DR for winter, non winter and fast DR applications. The anticipated
number of events will be no more than fifteen (15) for the entire Project, the duration of any single event will
not exceed two (2) hours.
7. In order to receive the Equipment/Installation Incentive from Global, the Customer must complete and
submit a W -9. A copy of the W -9 form is included in Attachment B.
8. This agreement shall expire on August 31, 2012, unless the Parties mutually agree to either an extension
or early termination of the Agreement.
9. The Customer shall take adequate safeguards to prevent loss, damage, or theft of the Project Equipment
and control, communication, and monitoring equipment. The Customer shall follow adequate maintenance
procedures to keep the Equipment in good condition. No warranty, expressed or implied, is provided
except that provided by the Equipment Manufacturer. The Customer agrees that it will not make any claim
or file any action against Global, COPA, or the BPA, its officers, officials, employees, and volunteers in
connection with the Project or use of Project Equipment.
10. The Customer shall indemnify and hold harmless Global, COPA, and BPA, its officers, officials, employees,
and volunteers from any and all claims, injuries, damages, losses or suits, including attorney fees, arising
or issuing out of or in connection with the Project, except as may be caused by the sole negligence or
willful conduct on part of Global, COPA, or BPA. Neither Global, COPA, BPA, nor the installation vendor
are responsible for any federal income tax liability, which may be imposed on the Customer as a result of
payment of any incentives.
11. In the course of performing the work, Global may be given access to confidential and /or proprietary
commercial, technical, energy consumption, and financial information "Information The Customer agrees
that Global may use Customer's Information as necessary to detail the results of the Project, including
communicating Project data to BPA. Global agrees not to disclose or otherwise make the Information
available to other third parties, and to maintain security procedures and practices practices that comply
with the Federal Trade Commission Red Flags Rules as part of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions
Act of 2003; however, BPA may release information provided by Customer to comply with FOIA or if
required by any other federal law or court order. For information that Customer designates in writing as
proprietary, BPA will limit the use and dissemination of that information within BPA to employees who need
the information for purposes of the Project.
BPA Pilot Participation Agreement
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AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
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BPA Pilot Participation Agreement
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Global will work with the control vendor to verify that the automated demand response technology
(vendor's equipment) has been installed and is fit for the use intended and the measures (load -shed
strategies) function correctly at no additional cost to the City or customer. Fit for use intended,
constitutes a fully functional Demand Response Control and Communication System capable of
interfacing with the DRBizNet platform. Global will also work with UISOL to guarantee DRBizNet
connectivity to the Customer location stated in the Vendor Proposal at no additional cost to the City or
customer.
Winter Measure Descriptions
Measure 1.
Degree of
Description of Measure Adjustment
City Hall electric boiler
curtailment
Summer Measure Descriptions
Measure 1.
Degree of
Description of Measure Adjustment
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Funding available for controls
Estimated project cost
(external)
Estimated project cost
(Internal)
Other costs
Estimated WSST
Total inc WSST
Electric boiler will
be shut down Electric boiler 22kW
installation work
$16,260.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,366.00
$17,626.00
Attachment A
Equipment Impacted Load Shed Estimate
Equipment Impacted Load Shed Estimate
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Attachment B