Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution requires no City appropriation.
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Authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to sign an addendum to the Distributed Generation Interconnection Agreement PSC 6030, and authorizing additional indemnification of MG&E, for Photovoltaic Generation site at the Madison Municipal Building at 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. (4th AD)
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WHEREAS, the City has plans for a future photovoltaic system installation of over 20kW at the Madison Municipal Building at 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd which is part of Madison Gas and Electric Company’s (“MGE”) Spot Network; and
WHEREAS, the Spot Network is a system that is incompatible with back feed of electricity from any source and automatically separates from any source that back feeds electricity; and
WHEREAS, the Spot Network will shut off all electrical service to the Madison Municipal Building in the event of the photovoltaic generating equipment back feeding electricity; and
WHEREAS, the City is installing equipment as part of its photovoltaic system designed to prevent it from back feeding electricity onto the Spot Network; and
WHEREAS, under Wis. Admin Code ch PSC 119.20(13), the owner of a distributed generation system in a spot network must provide relaying and control equipment that is acceptable to the public utility; and
WHEREAS, MGE has indicated that it will only accept the City’s chosen relay and control equipment if the City agrees to an addendum to the PSC approved Interconnection agreement; and
WHEREAS, as part of the “Addendum to Distributed Generation Interconnection Agreement Form 6030”, MGE is requiring the City to further indemnify MGE related to a shut off due to back feed electricity from the City’s photovoltaic generating equipment, except in the case of MGE’s own negligence or intentional wrongdoing; and
WHEREAS, APM 1-1 requires Common Council approval before the City indemnifies another party in a contract;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council authorizes the indemnification of Madison Gas and Electric Company related to a shut off due to back feed electricity from the City’s PVG equipment as required in the “Addendum to Distributed Generation Interconnection Agreement Form 6030” for this city-owned photovoltaic generating site; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign “Addendum to Distributed Generation Interconnection Agreement Form 6030” with Madison Gas and Electric Company for this and future PVG sites.