City of Philadelphia - File #: 180965

• File #: 180965
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 11/1/2018
• In control: Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities
• 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

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/11/2018	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/29/2018	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	16:0
11/15/2018	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
11/15/2018	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
11/15/2018	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
11/14/2018	0	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/14/2018	0	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	HEARING HELD
11/14/2018	0	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	AMENDED
11/14/2018	1	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
11/1/2018	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

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.

Body
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...