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Authorizing the Procurement Department, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement with the Philadelphia Energy Authority to purchase electricity and certain attributes and benefits related to the generation of such electricity from a solar energy facility to be built and owned by Reactivate, LLC, located at Northeast Philadelphia Airport for use at and in connection with City facilities, all under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, the City of Philadelphia (the "City"), through the Department of Aviation ("DOA"), owns and operates the Northeast Philadelphia Airport ("PNE"); and
WHEREAS, the Office of Sustainability ("OOS") and DOA have requested that the Philadelphia Energy Authority (the "Authority") undertake a project to oversee the development of a solar energy facility at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport ("PNE"), with a total nameplate capacity of
1.5 MWac distributed solar photovalic resource and purchase electricity and environmental attributes (or replacement attributes) from such solar energy facility (the "PNE Solar Project"); and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized under the Constitution, the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to enter into this contract for the purpose of producing solar energy and renewable energy credits;
WHEREAS, the Authority is authorized by the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa. C.S., Ch. 56, to enter into long-term contracts suitable for the Project;
WHEREAS, the Authority is given responsibility for actions concerning the development or facilitation of energy efficiency projects under Ordinance No. 100163-AA, passed by the Philadelphia City Council on June 3, 2010 and signed by the Mayor on July 29, 2010;
WHEREAS, Reactivate, LLC (the "Vendor"), has been selected through a competitive process which included a Request for Proposals issued on November 7, 2025 and intends to develop, design, construct, own, and operate on land at PNE lease...
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