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Home My WebLink About000162 Original ContractDEMAND RESPONSE PILOT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN GLOBAL ENERGY PARTNERS AND THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES 1 This AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the last signature date written below, is between Global Energy Partners, "Global and the City of Port Angeles (COPA). This Project aims to enable C &I DR assets in order to: RECITALS City of Port Angeles 1 Record #000162 Bonneville Power Administration "BPA will conduct a pilot project with the City of Port Angeles "COPA to demonstrate the technical and economic efficacy of an automated demand response (DR) strategy to mitigate peak demand. The project will be henceforth referred to as the "Commercial and Industrial Demand Response Pilot Project" "Project BPA will also investigate and collect information as to the responsiveness of commercial and industrial (C &I) loads served by COPA to determine the benefits of DR as a tool for assisting BPA meet system loads and grid conditions Delay or eliminate regional transmission system upgrades. Reduce peak demand Reduce the city's wholesale power supply costs to its end -use customers. I Test the ability to dispatch specific C &I loads through automated DR strategies. Test the efficacy of Catalyst Energy Technologies' Smart Storage Kit. Global is under Contract No 00047383 with BPA to deliver project development and management services for the Project. The pilot project, which is partially funded by BPA, is designed to demonstrate demand response capabilities and technologies in the Pacific Northwest. The COPA and BPA have a MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) concerning the Commercial and Industrial Demand Response Pilot Program executed on February 8, 2011 Commercial and lndustnal Demand Response Pilot Project Participation Agreement Between Global Energy Partners and the City of Port Angeles AGREEMENT 1 As stated in the MOA, all work attributable to BPA's portion of the overall Project budget will be carried out by Global, except as specified in either Sections 5.c or 5.d Work by subcontractors will be invoiced to Global on a monthly basis Global will, in turn, submit a monthly invoice to BPA and COPA for work carried out in the prior month BPA and COPA will process each invoice within 30 days of the receipt of each invoice and make payments to Global accordingly. Global will then pay customer participants and subcontractors for work performed on the Project per the terms in their respective participation agreements and subcontracts COPA shall report to Global as descnbed herein for expenses included in either Sections 5.c or 5.d. Under no circumstances will Global or the COPA be liable for invoices exceeding the specific amounts in Exhibit B or this Agreement, unless approved in advance by both parties. 2 COPA will work with Global as referenced in the MOA to co -fund implementation costs specified in Section 5.b, participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the Project by providing ongoing support. 3 Global, on behalf of BPA and COPA, shall carry out the following obligations: a. Serve as project manager on behalf of the Project Team (contractually accountable to BPA) including COPA customer and subcontractor payment responsibility and assure all Project goals are met within the allotted budget and timeline and that all resources are used as effectively as possible, except as specified in either Sections 5 c or 5.d. Any increase in Global's cost shall be approved by BPA in advance. b. Coordinate and facilitate communication among Project Team members and COPA's customers as needed. c. Serve as Project Manager, executing and managing all COPA customer Participation Agreements and vendor sub contracts and administering COPA's cash cost -share costs for equipment and incentives not to exceed $92,000 for COPA customers and sub contractors after verifying all work is acceptable, except as specified in either Sections 5 c or 5 d. Global will invoice COPA for these cash cost -share costs, and COPA agrees to reimburse Global for these cash cost -share costs. d. Develop and execute a Project plan, work with Project Team to develop evaluation methods, collect appropriate /desired data, perform analyses when needed, craft reports, and any other pertinent tasks identified by the Project Team, and approved by BPA, that are deemed necessary for the successful execution of the Project. e. Share any and all project deliverables with Project Team members within ten working days of completion or receipt of such deliverables. Unless otherwise directed, all deliverables will be shared with the Project Team in the formats in which they were received. f. Conduct weekly status meetings. g. Prepare weekly and monthly summary reports. h Monitor and adhere to project budgets and schedules. ?IP a ge Commercial and Industrial Demand Response Pilot Project Participation Agreement Between Global Energy Partners and the City of Port Angeles 4. COPA will work with Global to assist, as needed, on the following pilot tasks: a. Participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the Project by providing ongoing support as needed, including but not limited to advice and technical and design assistance b. Co -fund implementation costs through the previously agreed upon cost share for equipment and incentives c. Serve as the project manager on behalf of the Project Team per the budget specified in Exhibit B of the MOA for increasing fiber connectivity (limited to installation up to the demarcation point and recurring costs not to exceed $32,125.00), the economic evaluation to be completed by EES Consulting (not to exceed $20,300 00), the communications plan implementation (not to exceed $15,000.00), including subcontractor payment responsibility. Any increase in the City's cost shall be approved by Global in advance. d. Serve as the project manager and lead the Project Team on TASK 3.4 what use to be referred to as Dispatchable Demand Response is now referred to as "Voltage Optimization Demand Reduction" the budget specified in Exhibit B of the MOA (not to exceed' $50,910.00), including subcontractor payment responsibility This project component will be addressed once 'COPA completes the installation of the equipment necessary to use its Automated Metering infrastructure system to monitor and report the lowest end -of -line feeder voltage per substation into the City's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. Any increase in the City's cost shall be approved by Global in advance. e. Allow the City Hall and Port Angeles Water Treatment Plant to participate in the Project, and recruit C &I pilot participants for the Project as needed. f. If required, allow communication protocol to be established through its SCADA system to allow a remote initiation of dispatchable demand response requests. g. Assist in project execution as needed, especially in management of local customer relationships. 1 h. Monitor and adhere to project budgets and schedules i. Participate in weekly status meetings. j Contribute to weekly and monthly summary reports. 5. Equipment/Installation Incentives paid by Global may require customer participants to complete a W -9. In the course of performing the work, Global may be given access to confidential and /or proprietary commercial, and technical, and financial information ("Information Global agrees not to disclose or otherwise make the Information available to other third parties, and to maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the Information. COPA agrees that Global may use Customer's energy consumption information as necessary to detail the results of the Project providing that each Customer has authorized the City to release such information. Any information given to the Global related to COPA customers must comply with the Federal Trade Commission Red Flags Rules as part of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003. 6. NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY INCIDENTIAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. 3lPage AGREED AND ACCEPTED: GLOBAL ENERGY PARTNERS Signed: Name: Title: Date: Commercial and Industrial Demand Response Pilot Project Participation Agreement Between Global Energy Partners and the City of Port Angeles 7. The term of this Agreement shall expire on August 31, 2012, unless the Parties mutually agree to either an extension or an early termination of the Agreement. J7 VI/lititi, A. 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