Recommend authorization to award, negotiate, and execute a 24-month requirements service contract with Water Management, Inc., Texas, to provide industrial, commercial, and institutional (“ICI”) water audits for Austin Water Utility with three 12-month options, for a total estimated contract amount not to exceed $825,000
Recommend adoption of an ordinance amending the GreenChoice Energy Rider in Ordinance No. 20110912-007 to extend the Batch 6 subscription expiration date to December 31, 2021.
Recommend award, negotiation, and execution of a 12-month requirements service agreement with Appliance Recycling Center of America, Minneapolis, MN to provide pick-up and recycling services of old energy inefficient appliances and the delivery and installation of new energy efficient appliances to Austin Energy customers, in an estimated amount not to exceed $1,025,000 with three 12-month extension options in an estimated amount not to exceed $1,025,000 per extension option, for a total estimated contract amount not to exceed $4,100,000
Recommend issuance of a rebate to Fortis Realty Services, LLC, Austin, Texas, for the installation of solar energy systems designed to serve 25 new construction condominium units and one new construction shared house facility in the Pease Place condominium complex, 1603 Enfield Road, Austin, Texas, 78703 for a total amount of $160,253.10.
Recommend authorization of a construction contract with Texas Solar Power Company, Austin, Texas, for the restoration of a solar array at Austin Energy’s Decker Creek Power Station in an estimated amount not to exceed $947,498
10. Recommend an ordinance authorizing acceptance of $600,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant funds from the U.S. Department of Energy through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs as the administering agency, and amending the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Austin Energy Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund of Ordinance No. 201110912-005 to appropriate $600,000 for weatherization of homes for low-income, elderly, and disabled customers within Austin Energy’s service area. 11. Recommend award, negotiation and execution of Amendment No. 4 to nine requirements service contracts with A-Plus Energy Management & A/C, Austin, TX; American Conservation & Air, Austin, TX; Apple Energy Group, LLC, Austin, TX; ATS Engineering & Inspectors, Austin, TX; City Conservation, Austin, TX; McCullough Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., Austin, TX; Standard Renewable Energy, Austin, TX; The Institute For Building Technology And Safety, Herndon, VA; and the Nelrod Company, Fort Worth, TX, to increase the contract for weatherization test in audit services in an estimated combined amount not to exceed $144,151, for a revised estimated combined contract amount not to exceed $922,500.
Discussion and possible action regarding Austin Energy’s strategy to reach its goal of 800 MW of peak demand savings by 2020, in reference to City Council Resolution No. 20111006-060.
Nov 15, 2011 Resource Management
Recommend authorization to award, negotiate, and execute a 24-month requirements service contract with Water Management, Inc., Texas, to provide industrial, commercial, and institutional (“ICI”) water audits for Austin Water Utility with three 12-month options, for a total estimated contract amount not to exceed $825,000
Recommend adoption of an ordinance amending the GreenChoice Energy Rider in Ordinance No. 20110912-007 to extend the Batch 6 subscription expiration date to December 31, 2021.
Recommend award, negotiation, and execution of a 12-month requirements service agreement with Appliance Recycling Center of America, Minneapolis, MN to provide pick-up and recycling services of old energy inefficient appliances and the delivery and installation of new energy efficient appliances to Austin Energy customers, in an estimated amount not to exceed $1,025,000 with three 12-month extension options in an estimated amount not to exceed $1,025,000 per extension option, for a total estimated contract amount not to exceed $4,100,000
Recommend issuance of a rebate to Fortis Realty Services, LLC, Austin, Texas, for the installation of solar energy systems designed to serve 25 new construction condominium units and one new construction shared house facility in the Pease Place condominium complex, 1603 Enfield Road, Austin, Texas, 78703 for a total amount of $160,253.10.
Recommend authorization of a construction contract with Texas Solar Power Company, Austin, Texas, for the restoration of a solar array at Austin Energy’s Decker Creek Power Station in an estimated amount not to exceed $947,498
10. Recommend an ordinance authorizing acceptance of $600,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant funds from the U.S. Department of Energy through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs as the administering agency, and amending the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Austin Energy Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund of Ordinance No. 201110912-005 to appropriate $600,000 for weatherization of homes for low-income, elderly, and disabled customers within Austin Energy’s service area. 11. Recommend award, negotiation and execution of Amendment No. 4 to nine requirements service contracts with A-Plus Energy Management & A/C, Austin, TX; American Conservation & Air, Austin, TX; Apple Energy Group, LLC, Austin, TX; ATS Engineering & Inspectors, Austin, TX; City Conservation, Austin, TX; McCullough Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., Austin, TX; Standard Renewable Energy, Austin, TX; The Institute For Building Technology And Safety, Herndon, VA; and the Nelrod Company, Fort Worth, TX, to increase the contract for weatherization test in audit services in an estimated combined amount not to exceed $144,151, for a revised estimated combined contract amount not to exceed $922,500.
Discussion and possible action regarding Austin Energy’s strategy to reach its goal of 800 MW of peak demand savings by 2020, in reference to City Council Resolution No. 20111006-060.