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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 73550 RESOLUTION NO. 7355 0 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA ADOPTING RULES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION ORDER NO. 69, COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: 1. The City Council finds that the City of Azusa is required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, 18 CFR Section 292.401 (c), to file a report describing the manner in which the City will implement Order No. 69, dealing with arrangements with qualifying cogeneration and small power production facilities under Section 210 of Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. 2. The Rules and Regulations to be adopted by the City Council for implementation of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order No. 69 is attached hereto as Exhibit "A". 3. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 17th , 1983. MAYOR OCTOBER I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa by the following vote of the Council: AYES: CRUZ, LATTA, MOSES NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE CIT CLERK • EXHIBIT "A" • AZUSA LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT Azusa, California Electric Service Rule and Regulation for Connection with Cogeneration and Small Power Producers General 1. The Azusa Light and Power Department (The Utility) shall interconnect and operate in parallel with cogenerators and small power producers as defined in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) regulations, 18 CFR 292. Such facilities shall be termed "qualifying facilities." 2. The Utility has the option of purchasing the power output of such facilities or providing wheeling service to an adjacent utility that the owner of the qualifying facility has made prior contractural arrangements with for receiving of such power. Nothing in these rules and regulations shall limit the Utility's ability to evaluate such qualifying facility and determine terns and conditions that are mutually satisfactory to all parties -and in no way shall be detrimental to the operation of the Utility's facilities and customers. B. Conditions of Interconnection 1. The Utility shall allow interconnection between its facilities and qualifying facilities on a continuing basis as long as the parallel operation of the qualifying facility does not degrade, in any way, the quality of the electric service provided to the Utility's other customers. The qualifying facility shall insure that its operation in no way creates unsafe conditions either at its facility or on the Utility's facilities. 2. The owner of the qualifying facility shall enter into a written agreement with the Utility for interconnection, sale or wheeling of its power prior to actual connection and operation of its facilities. 3. The qualifying facility shall comply with all requirements of the National Electrical Safety Code, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the National Electric Code, General Order 95, and all local, state and federal rules and regulations which may be applicable. -2- • C. Interconnection 1. The owner of the qualifying facility shall, to the point of interconnection, furnish, install, operate and maintain in good repair and without cost to the Utility such relays, locks and seals, breakers, automatic synchronizers and other control and protective equipment as shall be designated by the Utility as suitable for operation of such a facility. 2. The owner of the qualifying facility shall provide at no cost to the Utility a manually operated and lockable, visual dis- connect device that shall be for the exclusive use of the Utility and accessible by Utility representatives at all times. Usually such device will be an air switch or fused cutouts located near the point of interconnection. 3. The protective switching equipment outlined above in paragraph two (2) may be operated without notice or liability by the Utility or Utility representative if, in the opinion of the Utility or its representative, continued operation of the qualifying facility in connection with the Utility's system may create or contribute to a system emergency or safety hazard. The utility shall endeavor to minimize any adverse effects of such operation on the qualifying facility. 4. Any costs of interconnection which are over and above the inter- connection costs that would be incurred due to the connection of a comparable non -generating customer and which are incurred by the Utility due to interconnection of the qualifying facility shall be the responsibility of the qualifying facility. 5. The Utility shall be advised of the proposed start up and parallel time for such facilities and a Utility representative shall be in attendance and shall approve parallel operation. 0. Protective Relaying 1. All generating units must be equipped with short circuit interrupt- ing devices consisting of thermal -magnetic overcurrent devices on each phase as well as undervoltage release and solenoid tripping accessories. 2. Over and under voltage and frequency protection shall be provided to effectively isolate and qualifying facility from the Utility's facilities should its power output not be within the Utility's normal operating tolerances. The normal tolerances for under and over voltage are 80% with 10 second time delay and 120% with no time delay of normal. Under and over frequency limits are 58 Hz and 62 Hz with one second time delay. Frequency relays are not required for solid state inverters which are line commutated. I F. G. �J -3- 0 3. For qualifying facilities primary, ground fault sensing equip- ment shall be required to isolate the qualifying facility from the Utility's facilities unless otherwise specified by the Utility. Power Factor The power output of the qualifying facility must approach a unity power factor when operated in parallel with the Utility's facilities. Equipment shall be installed to correct any deficien- cies in power factor by the owner of the qualifying facility at the owner's expense. Metering 1. The Utility shall provide metering equipment to record all power delivered to the qualifying facility's load during non -operation periods. Such load may consist of not only the qualifying facility but also the customer's load had he not installed a qualifying facility. 2. The owner of the qualifying facility shall install metering as required by the Utility's rules and regulations to record all power produced by such facility. 3. Metering equipment for Non -Firm Power sales to the Utility shall consist of the appropriate kilowatt-hour meter, Q -meter, current and voltage transformers, and all necessary installation equipment. It shall also include a demand recorder capable of producing a record of three inputs. Such meters, recorder, and related equipment shall be designated by the Utility. The owner of the qualifying facility shall provide and dedicate to the Utility such equipment and shall be responsible for the continuing administrative costs related to such equipment. 4. Metering equipment for Non -Firm Power sales to the Utility shall consist of the appropriate kilowatt-hour meter, current and voltage transformers, and all necessary installation equipment. Such metering equipment shall be designated by the Utility. The owner of the qualifying facility shall provide and dedicate to the Utility such equipment and shall be responsible for the continuing administrative costs related to such equipment. 5. The Utility shall own and maintain all necessary meters and associated equipment utilized for billing and monitoring the customer's load. System Disturbances Disturbances to the Utility's facilities shall be minimized to t ible Such disturbances shall include the greatest exten Foss but not be limited to lagging or leading power factors, unaccept- able voltage regulation, voltage flicker, and harmonics. -4- H. Daily Reporting 1. The owner or operator of a qualifying facility shall maintain a daily operations log for all facilities. Such log shall contain information on unit parallel and separation times, maintenance outages, trip operation, and other unusual events. M4 operating level may also be required. 2. The Utility shall have the right to periodically review these .logs. I. Advance Payment 1. The qualifying facility shall pay an advance payment to the Utility for the cost of interconnection facilities. J. Sales to Qualifying Facilities 1. Power shall be provided to qualifying facilities on a non- discriminatory basis. The qualifying facility shall be provided service under the appropriate General Service schedule. 2. Should the qualifying facility's load also contain other non - related loads, such load shall also be served on the appropriate General Service schedule. tric rvice 3. The owner of the -qualifying iupilementarytinterruptible,uest eorcbackupepower under a maintenance, supplementary schedule. Should the Utility not have such a schedule in effect at the time of the request, it may find compliance with such a request unacceptable under Section 2�)• 4. The Utility may discontinue sales to the qualifying facility during a system emergency, providing that such discontinuance is on a nondiscriminatory basis. K. Rates for Purchases from Qualifying Facilities er 1 Rates for from Utility's9facilities standardratesdforlhW may such facilities. 2. The standard rates for purchases from qualifying facilities shall be based on the Utility's "avoided costs." The Utility's avoided costs shall be determined from the current budget year data for purchased power assuming a reduction in the total amount of purchased power required due to qualifying facilities. 3. Rates for qualifying facilities shall be based on avoided costs and may be negotiated by the Utility. L. IJ -5- 0 4. Such rates may be adjusted for the qualifying facility's effect on the Utility's system losses, administrative costs, dispatch - ability, reliability, term of contract, and other factors which impact the Utility's costs. 5. Should the Utility's actual avoided costs as determined in Section K.2 above drop below a previously contracted rate, the Utility retains the right to cancel such contract and offer to renegotiate or wheel such power from a qualifying facility. Sufficient notice shall be provided to the owner of the quali- fying facility of use of this provision. 6 Utility andlpublishwstandardyavThe oided as deter - purchase, Wheeling 1. Shuld the oner anaadjacentfacility utility,request Utility do so, at its option. 2. If the Utility agrees to wheel such power, a charge may be made to the qualifying facility for interconnection costs, any modi- fications to the Utility's facilities to accommodate such wheeling, use of the Utility's facilities to wheel, and any associated administrative costs. 3. The amount of power wheeled may be adjusted up or down according to the effect on the Utility's system losses due to wheeling. Liability 1. The qualifying facility shall defend, indemnify, and hold harm- less the Utility from any and all liability arising from the operation and interconnection of the customer's facilities. The qualifying facility shall bear full responsibility for the installation and safe operation of the equipment required to generate and deliver energy or capacity and energy to the point of interconnection. 2. The owner of a qualifying facility shall maintain worker's compensation insurance as required by law and public liability insurance covering bodily injury and property damage in an amount not less than $5,000,000 per occurrence. Each public liability policy shall name the Utility as an additional insured. 3. The Utility shall not be liable whether oinecontr of ract quor in tort or under any other legal theory to ng facility, the owner's customers, or any other person or entity for (1) lost generation revenue, (2) loss of use revenue or profit, (3) cost of capital, (4) substitute use or performance, or (5) for any other incidental, indirect, special, or con- sequential damages.