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File #: 180965    Version: Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 11/1/2018 In control: Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities
On agenda: Final action: 11/29/2018
Title: Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City, 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, Adams Solar, LLC, for use at and in connection with City facilities, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Johnson
Indexes: PHILADELPHIA ENERGY AUTHORITY
Attachments: 1. 180965 - Exhibit Set, As Amended.pdf, 2. CertifiedCopy18096501.pdf
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsVideo
12/11/20181 MAYOR SIGNED   Action details Not available
11/29/20181 CITY COUNCIL READ AND PASSEDPass16:0 Action details Not available
11/15/20181 CITY COUNCIL SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCILPass  Action details Not available
11/15/20181 CITY COUNCIL READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Not available
11/15/20181 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR   Action details Not available
11/14/20180 Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Not available
11/14/20180 Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities HEARING HELD   Action details Not available
11/14/20180 Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities AMENDED   Action details Not available
11/14/20181 Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED   Action details Not available
11/1/20180 CITY COUNCIL Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
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Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City, 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, Adams Solar, LLC, for use at and in connection with City facilities, all under certain terms and conditions.

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WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act made it possible for the City and all consumers of electricity to have direct access to the competitive market for the generated supply of electricity; and

WHEREAS, The City has established policy goals for increasing the percentage of City energy use from renewable sources; and

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Energy Authority is authorized by the Municipality Authorities Act and City ordinances to enter into contracts for the supply of electricity; and

WHEREAS, The City's Office of Sustainability and the Procurement Department requested that the Authority enter into a selection process to identify a highly qualified supplier to provide electricity from renewable sources with certain attributes and benefits related to the generation of such electricity for use by City facilities with a proposed contract term of up to twenty (20) years; and

WHEREAS, Adams Solar, LLC, was selected as the Solar Electricity Seller through a competitive process which included a Request for Proposals issued on September 27, 2017; and

WHEREAS, The City's contract with the Authority would require the Authority to enter into a contract with the Solar Electricity Seller or its affiliates and undertake certain obligations, and the City will undertake certain obligations of the Authority; now, therefore


THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. The Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City, is hereby authorized to enter into an agreem...

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