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23-010CR
| 1 | 3.1 | Trane Agreement | CR- Agenda Item | PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR REMOVAL OF MICROGRID DEMONSTRATION PROJECT BATTERY, TRANSFORMER, AND INVERTER AT THE LAGUNA TREATMENT PLANT
In 2017, Santa Rosa Water entered into an agreement with Trane U.S., Incorporated (Trane) for the design, installation, and operation of a microgrid demonstration project (Project) to be sited at the Laguna Treatment Plant (LTP), which was funded by a $5 million grant from the California Energy Commission to Trane. The Project was intended to demonstrate the use of microgrids paired with renewable energy and test the viability of delivering power to the day ahead energy market as a potential revenue source for Santa Rosa Water. Although the Project components were shown to be functional, Trane discovered that Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) would not approve the inverter installed by Trane as it did not meet PG&E’s interconnection and certification requirements. Therefore, PG&E would not allow the Project to connect to PG&E’s system. Also, after additional study, revenue opportunities related to the day ahead energy market were deemed to be very li | | |
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