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Item #9 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For the City Council Meeting of September 17, 2002 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL: DARYL PARRISH, CITY MANAGER FROM- THOMAS K. CLARKE, UTILITY DIRECTOX--klr� SUBJECT- Combined Study Agreement with Southern California Edison DATE: September 9, 2002 BACKGROUND: The City Council has approved to build the Agua Mansa Power Plant at the Beckett Ranch property located on Ague Mansa Road. As part of the project, the output of the generation will be interconnected to our Colton-Drews 66 kV transmission line. The staff has decided to use this output solely to serve our load. According to Section 6.2 of the Wholesale Distribution Tariff with Southern California Edison (SCE), any generation interconnection has to go through the process to submit the application. The City has submitted the application along with the required technical details to SCE on August 22, 2002. DISCUSSIONIANALYSIS: Due to the interconnected nature of the grid, SCE requires the City to enter into a Combined System Impact and Facilities Study Agreement to determine the new generation's impact on the SCE system and any required changes if necessary to accommodate it. This is a technical requirement to review the impact on their system. The estimated cost to complete the Study is $30,000. The completion of the Study would take ninety days from the date of signing this agreement. The City has to follow this procedure as part of the Restructuring Agreement with the SCE. The Agua Mansa Power Plant is a fast track project with an estimated completion of the project by June 2003 ALTERNATIVES: The City has no other option than to interconnect with the existing City system which is interconnected to the SCE system.