Engie Operations and Maintenance Agreement
Summary
SCH Number
2024071227
Public Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Engie Operations and Maintenance Agreement
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/31/2024
Document Description
On May 20, 2014 the county entered into a Program Development Agreement with Chevron Energy Solutions, which is now Engie Services U.S. Inc. (Engie) to provide and construct Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) at various county facilities. The ECM opportunities focused on solar photovoltaic systems (PV generating facilities) and the enrollment of Riverside County in a special local-government program called the Renewable Energy Self-Generation Bill Credit Transfer (RES¬ BCT) program and tariff. allowed the County to generate solar electricity at one account and transfer any available excess bill credits (in dollars) to another county account-called a "benefitting" account. Engie provided two types of installations--Generating Sites RES-BCT tariff and Net Metering Sites (traditional sites providing a solar power offset for facility) at 15 County locations.
The implementation of the O&M Agreement would result in the provision of the following services to keep the facilities operating efficiently to maximize savings generated by the County.
• Inspection: Inspect PV modules, combiner boxes, inverters, isolation transformers, and PV service roof penetrations and support structure on an annual basis and semi-annual where central inverters exist at Ben Clark, Crestmore Heights, Palm Desert, Perris County Coroner, Perris Sheriff, and San Jacinto Animal Shelter.
• Testing: Perform voltage testing, amperage testing, and infrared scans of inverters, combiner boxes, disconnects and switchgear on an annual basis, and semi-annual where central inverters exist at Ben Clark, Crestmore Heights, Palm Desert, Perris County Coroner
• Monitoring: System performance will be monitored on a daily basis and evaluated monthly by comparing actual production data and actual local weather data to the production values predicted by PVsyst modeling software. Monthly email reports showing production for the month, production year to date, and monthly percent of expected production shall be generated.
• Cleaning: Dust, dirt, and debris shall be removed from outside cabinets of combiner boxes, inverters, transformers, and disconnect switches and PV modules will be washed and accumulated dust and debris will be removed annually.
• Weed Abatement at Crestmore Heights and San Jacinto Animal Shelter Sites: Use of mechanical equipment will be used to mow or whack the vegetation to a height of 12 inches or less from the ground within the fenced in area enclosing the PV system.
To date, the County has generated 6,232 megawatt hours of energy from its 15 PV generating sites.
Contact Information
Name
Mike Sullivan
Agency Name
Riverside County
Job Title
Facilities Operations Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Cabazon, Desert Hot Springs, Hemet, Palm Desert, Perris, Riverside, San Jacinto, Temecula
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Countywide
Zip
multiple
Other Location Info
15 Solar-Generating Sites Countywide, see table in NOE for locations
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1 Existing Facilities and 15061 b3 Common Sense
Reasons for Exemption
The project, as proposed, is limited to the operation and maintenance to the existing 15 solar-generating sites within Riverside County. The use of the facilities would continue to provide public services and would not result in a significant increase in capacity or intensity of use.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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