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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 386 - Agreement - SWPSC - Secure Electric Power & Energy For LP&L - 01/10/1980Resoltuion #386 - 1/10/80 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock, Texas, a Home Rule Municipality located in Lubbock County, Texas, owns and operates a utility company known as Lubbock Power and Light, and WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock is desirous of securing an additional source of electric power and energy for Lubbock Power and Light, and WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock is desirous of entering into an Agreement with Southwestern Public Service Company, a New Mexico corporation, whereby the City of Lubbock would secure an additional source of electric power and energy from Southwestern Public Service Company, NOW THEREFORE: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: THAT the Mayor is authorized and directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock an Agreement between the City of Lubbock, Texas, and Southwestern Public Service Company under which the City of Lubbock will secure from Southwestern Public';Service Company electric power and energy, and such Agreement being attachedherewith shall be spread upon the minutes of the Council and as spread upon the minutes of this Council shall constitute and be a pant of this Resolution as if fully copied herein in detail. Passed by the City Council this loth 'ATT1:3T. = �: velyn Gaffga,-Gity S cr ary-Treasurer APPROVED ,AS TO -CONTENT:; Carroll McDonald, Director of Utility Sales and Service APPROVED AS TO FORM: David W. Reagan, Assi rity Attorney day of January ,1980. i `A1 "N ArN'R,y; `''Aagor o Tem RESOLUTION #386 - 1/10/80 This agreement, made and entered into by and between the CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, a municipal corporation (hereinafter referred to as "the City") and SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, a New Mexico corporation (hereinafter referred to as "the Company"), is as follows: WHFREA,S, both of the parties hereto own and operate facilities for the generation and distribution of electric power and energy to the consuming public, and;' WHEREAS, the City is desirous of securing an additional source of electric power and energy, and; WHEREAS, a 230,000 volt source of electric power and energy owned by the Company and facilities of the City are so located that they can be connected by constructing a 230,000 volt transmission line and a step -dawn substation, and; WliERFAS, the parties hereto have determined that each of them can realize substantial benefits through improved service to the City's customers and the sale of electric power and energy under the terms of this agreement; NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I FACILITIES TO BE PRUVIDED Section 1.1. The Company agrees to purchase and install an oil circuit breaker and associated equipment sufficient to tap the 230,000 volt bus of the Company's Clifford B. Jones Station (hereinafter called ,the Station") located southeast of Lubbock, Texas, which oil circuit breaker and associated equipment shall be maintained and operated by the Company during the term of this agreement and any extensions or renewals thereof. The City hereby agrees to pay to the Company, within thirty (30) days of the receipt by the City of an invoice therefor, all costs of the purchase, installation, maintenance and repair of such oil circuit breaker and associated equipment during the term of this agreement or any extensions or renewals thereof. Upon termination of this agreement, as herein provided, all associated equipment shall become the property of the Company without further compensation to the City and further, the Company shall have the first option to purchase from the City the above described oil circuit breaker at the City's depreciated book value thereof at the time. Should the Company fail to exercise its option to purchase said oil circuit breaker as hereinabove provided, within thirty (30) days of the termination of this agreement, the City shall remove such oil circuit breaker from the premises of the Company immediately, leaving the premises of the Company in a good state of repair. Section 1.2. The City will construct, at its sole expense, a shielded 230,000 volt transmission line of a type and design previously approved in writing by the Company frau the Station to the City's Holly Avenue Power Plant location and will provide a step-down substation from 230,000 volts to the City's transmission system, together with control, switching and Protective equipment of a type and design previously approved in writing by Company, which will permit the Company to deliver and the City to receive electric power and energy as provided for herein. Section 1.3. The City agrees that it will install all necessary apparatus and equipment required by the Company for the performance of this agreement and will at all times so maintain and operate such apparatus and equipment so as to avoid undue electrical disturbance to the Company's system. Section 1.4. It is the intent of the parties hereto that the instal- lations of the various equipment and lines described in Sections 1.1., 1.2.' and 1.3 above shall be completed by the lst day of July 1982 r°,r P� ARTICLE II METERING Section 2.1. The Company will provide, maintain and operate, at its expense, metering equipment for proper indication of electric energy flow to the City and telemetering equipment for transmission of metering signals to the Company's control center. The amounts of electric power and energy supplied to the City in acoordance with the terms of this agreement shall be determined by the metering facilities as hereinabove described. Section 2.2. Metering equipment shall be tested by the Company in accordance with all applicable standards published by the American National Standards Institute. If any meter test requested by the City other than those tests normally performed by the Company discloses metering equipment to be registering outside acceptable limits of accuracy (2% above or below comparison with calibrated standards), then the Company shall bear the expense of such tests; otherwise, the expense of such tests shall be borne by the City. Representatives of the City shall be afforded an opportunity to be present at all tests. Section 2.3. If any metering test discloses that a meter is in error by more than plus or minus two per cent (+ or - 2%) the account between the parties hereto shall be adjusted by the Company to correct for the full percentage of inaccuracy. Such adjustment shall be made for a maximum. period of ninety (90) days prior to the date of such test or for the period during which such inaccuracy may be determined to have existed, whichever period is shorter. If any metering equipment, at any time, fails to register, or if the registration thereof be so erratic as to be meaningless, all electric energy delivered to the City during such period of time shall be determined by the Company from the best available data. Section 2.4. The City shall have the right, at any time, to install its own metering equipment at its sole expense of a type and design pre- viously approved in writing by the Company for the purpose of checking the meters installed by the Company. AR'T'ICLE III RATES AND ,TERMS Section 3.1. Electric power and energy supplied to the City pursuant to this agreement shall be supplied, during the term of this agreement, in accordance with the terms and conditions and at rates set forth in Service Schedules A, B and C (attached to this agreement), however, nothing contained herein shall be construed as affecting in any way the right of any party furnishing or receiving service under these rate schedules to unilaterally make application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or other governmental- body having jurisdiction for a change in rates, charges, classification, or service, or in any rule, regulation, or contract relat- ing thereto, or to petition for investigation of existing rates, under Section 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act, whichever shall be applicable, and pursuant to the Commission's rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Should any such changes be made, the parties hereto agree to implement such changes, as ordered or directed, without the necessity of further agreement between the parties. ARTICLE IV RESTRICTION CF USE Section 4.1. Electric energy supplied by the Company in accordance with the terms of this agreement shall not be used by the City in conjunc- tion with any other source of electric energy other than the City's, without two (2) years prior written notice to the Company, except that if electric energy supplied by the Company should fail or be interrupted and if the City's system is (and during such time period remains) electrically isolated from the Company's system, the City may, during such period of isolation, use any other source of electric energy without such notice. -2- ARTICLE V DELIVERY POINT Section 5.1. The delivery point (hereinafter called "delivery point") of electric power and energy provided for hereunder shall be.the point where the Company's facilities connect to the City's facilities, as shown on Exhibit 1 to this agreement. ARTICLE VI CO41MCATIONS DQUIPMENT Section 6.1. The City hereby agrees to furnish all necessary common- 'cations equipment, and agrees to have on duty, at all times, sufficient personnel so that voice communication can be established between the City and the Company's control center located at Amarillo, Texas, for the schedul- ing and dispatching of electric energy flow to the City. ARTICLE VII REACTIVE AMPERES Section 7.1. The parties hereto acknowledge that certain operational and technical problems may arise in the control of the flow of reactive amperes. It is, therefore, agreed that the operating department of both of the parties hereto, through their respective duly authorized representatives, shall cooperate with each other in such matters, so that, as nearly as practicable, the delivery and receipt of electric power and energy shall be accomplished with the least interference with the respective systems of each party. During the term of this agreement, or any extension thereof, the Company shall not be obligated to carry, what the Company considers to be abnormal reactive current which would adversely affect or interfere with or limit the operation of the Company's use of its other facilities or would require the operation by the Company of generating equipment not normally operated by it. ARTICLE VIII BILLING AND PAYNENT Section 8.1. As soon as practicable, monthly, after any meter reading date, the Company will render to the City a statement showing the total amounts due to the Company for the electric power and energy supplied to the City in accordance with this agreement. All statements for electric power and energy supplied to the City in accordance with the terms hereof shall be due and payable to the Company at the Company's office at Amarillo, Texas on the 10th day following receipt of such statement by the City. ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION Section 9.1. Electric power and energy supplied in accordance with the terms of this agreement.is supplied upon the express condition that, after it'' passes the delivery point as hereinabove described, it becomes the property'of and the responsibility of the City. The City hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any and all liability, loss, damages for injury to persons, including death, and all damages to or destruction of property arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby which are determined to have been caused by the sole negligence of the officers; agents, or employees of the City; likewise, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the City harmless from any and all liability, loss, damages for injury to persons, including death, and all damages to or destruction of property arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby which are determined to have been caused by the sole negligence of the officers, agents, or employees of the Company. Should any tribunal of competent jurisdiction, by final decree, find that such liability, loss, damages for injury to persons, including death, and damages to or destruc- tion of property arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby were caused by the joint negligence of the officers, agents, or employees of the parties hereto, then, in such instance, the parties hereto agree to abide by such final decree in accordance with the applicable laws of com- parative negligence. -3- ARTICLE X FORCE MAJEURE Section 10.1. If by reason of force majeure either party hereto is unable totally or in part to carry out its agreement on its part herein contained, s ch party shall not be deemed in default during the continuance of such inability. Section 10.2. The term force majeure as used herein shall mean the following: is of God, strikes, lock -outs or other industrial disturbances, acts of public enemies, orders, acts or laws of any governmental authority or any of their subdivisions, departments, agencies, or officials, or any civil or military authority, fuel interruptions, insurrections, riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquake, fire, hurricanes, storms, floods, washouts, droughts, arrests, restraint of government and people, civil disturblances, explosions, breakage or accident to machinery, trans- mission pipes or canals or lines, partial or entire failure of utilities or any other cause or event not reasonably within the control of parties hereto. The parties agree, however, bo remedy, with all reasonable dispatch, the cause or causes preventing the respective parties from carrying out their agreements, provided, that settlement of strikes, lock -outs and other industrial disturbances shall be entirely within the discretion, of the respective patties, and they shall not be required to make settlements of strikes, lockouts and other industrial disturbances by acceding to the :demands of th opposing party or parties when such course is, in the judg- ment of such inarty, unfavorable to that party. ARTICLE XI TERMINATION BY DEFAULT Section 1.1. The failure of either party hereto to fly with all of the terms conditions of.this agreement shall place such defaulting party in breach of this agreement and agr upon the happening of such event, the non-defaultir party shall have the option to terminate this agreement as herein provided. Upon .discovering said default, the non -defaulting party shall give written notice to the defaulting party that such breach be cured within thirty (30) days of receipt by the defaulting party of the notice. Should such defaulting party fail to cure its breach of this agreement within said thirty day period, the non -defaulting party may terminate this agreement by a subsequent written notice to the defaulting party and this agreement shall be deemed terminated upon receipt by the defaulting party of such subs ent notice. These default provisions shall not preclude either party ereto frcm any remedy or remedies prescribed by law for any breach of thi agreement. ARTICLE XII TERM Section 2.1. This agreement shall become effective as of the date of the execution hereof by both parties and shall continue, subject to the rights of termination set out above, for a period of ten (10) years from and after the first delivery of electric energy by the Company to the City in accordance ith the terms hereof. After such initial ten year term, this agreement shall continue from year to year thereafter subject to termination by either party hereto by written notice of intention to termi- nate to the other party at least two (2) years prior to such intended termination. ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS Section 1;3.1. The City hereby agrees to keep log sheets and other records as may be needed to afford a history of the amounts of electric energy involved in the transaction hereunder. The originals of all such records shall open to inspections by representatives of the Company at all reasonable, )), tunes. I -4- Section 13.2. Waiver at any time by either party hereto of its right with respect to a default under this agreement, or with respect to any other matter arising in connection with this agreement, shall not be deemed a waiver with respect to any subsequent default or matter. Section 13.3. This agreement and all of the obligations contained herein are conditioned upon the valid orders of and the granting of approval and authorization by any commission or regulatory body, having jurisdiction or whose approval or authorization may be required by law. Section 13.4. Each party hereto hereby grants to the other party hereto, reasonable access to such party's facilities for any lawful purpose when accompanied by a duly authorized representative of such party. Section 13.5. The Company does not guarantee that the supply of electric power and energy in accordance with the terms hereof will be free from temporary interruptions and it is hereby agreed by the parties hereto that temporary interruptions of the Company's service hereunder shall not constitute a breach of this contract on the part of the Company. In the event of temporary interruptions to service, the Company will restore service as soon as it can reasonably do so, and will at all tires exert itself toward the end of supplying as nearly constant service as is reason- ably practicable. Section 13.6. This contract is performable in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas and all payments due to the Company are payable at Amarillo, Potter County, Texas and the parties hereby agree that venue for any legal actions brought hereunder is properly laid in Potter County, Texas. EXECUTED THIS 10th day of ATTEST: Evelyn Gaga City Secretary -Treasurer APPROVED AS TO CON=: G _el� i Carroll McDonal Director of Electric Utilities Sales and Service January 1980 CITY OF IJJBBOCK, TEXAS A Municipal Corporation By Alan I ienry, Mayor Tro-T� APPROVED AS TO FORM: David W.4 . Rea Assistant City A torney SOU.I'FRIESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, A New Mexico Corporation 1. By • F. roar, Vice President -5- THE STATE OF TEXAS § § COUNTY OF LUBBOCK § BEFORE NE, the undersigned authority, in and for said County, Texas, on this day personally appeared Alun Henry, Mayor Pro Tem known tot to be the person ins and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing LUBBOCK,KT Tand acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said CITY OF EXAS, a municipal corporation, and that he executed the same as the act of such corporation for the purposes and consideration thereinressed and in the capacity therein stated. • GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, This it day of A.D., 19 , Notary Public, Lubbock Count -Texas My commission expires THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF PC7ITER § BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, in and or sAid County, day Personally appeared .Texas, on this known to me to be the person an officer w ose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, a New Mexico corporation, and that he executed the same as the act of such corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, This A.D., -_ day of Notary Public, Potter County, Teras My commission expires -6- SERVICE SCMMME A to Agreement between the City of Lubbock, Texas and Southwestern Public Service Company ARTICLE A-1 DEFINITIONS In addition to the words and terms defined in the Agreement to which this Schedule is attached, the following words and terms as used in this Schedule, shall have the following meanings unless the o�ntext or use indi- cates another or different meaning or intent. Section A-1.1. The term "firm power" as that term is used herein shall mean thatti quan ty of electric power and energy, that.the Company will have available monthly to the City in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Section A-1.2. The term "kw" as that term is used herein shall mean kilowatt hour per hour. Section A-1.3. The term "billing demand" " mean the as that term shall i s used herein quantity of fine power, expressed in kilowatts designated as ill provided in Section A-2.1. hereof and A-4.1. and A-4.2. hereof. subject to the provisions of Sections ARTICLE A-2 Designations of Quantities of Firm Pacer Section A-2.1. On execution of the Agreement to which this Schedule is attached, the City shall submit to the Company, in writing, Paver demand for the first twelve (12) months of delivery the City's firm and energy to the City by the �Y of electric pacer Company. Upon acceptance, in writing,b the Company to the effect that the Ci rY City's firm power demand for the first twelve months of delivery is satisfactory.to the Company, such Paver shall be deli quantities of electric designated as firm power for such initial twelve months. Thereafter, annually one (1) month prior to the anniversary date of the first delivery of firm power in accordance with this agreement, the City will submit to the Company, in writing, the City's firm power demand for the next succeeding twelve (12) month period. (Each such period to commence on the anniversary date of the first delivery of firm power in accordance with this agreement.) Upon acceptance, in writing, by the Company to the effect that each annual firm power demand subsequent to the initial twelve months period will be satisfactory to the Company, such quantities of electric power shall be designated as firm power for the applicable period. ARTICLE A-3 RATES FOR FIRM POWER Section A-3.1. Duringthe term of this A e e t or extensions on s ormenanYrenewals thereof, subject to change provided, hereby agrees to Pay Company for firm power at the following the City ' monthly rates; $21300 per month for the first 500 kw of firm power, or less, of billing demand Plus $4.48 per kw per month of f' i.rmIer for all a'. P� 1 additional billing demand,P lus 1.03 cents per kwh for all energy delivered hereunder. Section A-3.2. In addition to the rates provided for above in Section A- 3.1 hereof, such amounts shall be increased or decreased per kwh of sales equal to the difference between the fuel cost per kwh of sales in the base period and estimated cost per kwh of sales in the current month adjusted for the preceding month estimate error. Fuel cost per kwh of net generation during the base period was 0.9000 cents. sale is 4.4�. The ever charge The loss adjustment to the point of energy rge adjustment will be calculated in compliance with the formula and conditions set forth in Section 35.14 of the under the Federal Power Act (Title 18, Part I, Subchapter B of the Code o ons Federal Regulations).. Section A-3.3. Billings under this Schedule may be increased by an amount equal'.to the sum of the taxes payable under federal, state and local sales tax acts, and all of the additional taxes, fees, or charges, (exclusive of ad valorein, state and federal income taxes) payable b the Y Company and levied or assessed by any governmental authority on the Company services rendered, or'on the right or privilege of rendering the service, or is any object or event incidental to the rendition of the service, as the result of any new amended laws after September 1, 1978. ARTICLE A-4 BILLING DEMAND ADjUSTMEN'I5 Billing demand shall be subject to the following adjustments; Section A-4.1. In the event the Company is unable to furnish the quanti- ties ofifirm power designated by the City (as a result of force majeure) or in the event City is unable to receive the quantities of firm the Ci power previously designated by City (as a result of force majeure), billing demand shall be adjusted downward to the maximum power actually supplied, such downward adjustment to be effective from the date Company is so unable to furnish such quantities of firm power or from the date City is so unable to receive such quantities of firm power, whichever is earlier, and shall be effective until such time as the reason therefore is cured. Section A-4.2. In the event the City requests quantities of power exceeding the billing demand .(hereinafter called excess billing demand) and Ccapany provides such quantities, the billing demand shall be adjusted by the Company upward by the amount of such increase, which adjustment shall be effective frau the date such excess quantities are supplied and extending thereafter to the end of the current twelve (12) month period for which firm power has been designated. If Company is not agreeable to providing such additional demand for the remainder of such twelve month period, City shall pay for the excess demand only for the billing month in which the excess was taken. The City hereby agrees to pay an additional charge of the Company I$ cost, plus 10%, if the Company Im3st purchase pGWer. from its other interconnections to meet the City's excess billing demand. The City's excess billing demand shall be exempt from this adjustment if such excess is caused by an emergency or a non-firm energy sale and the Company agrees to sell and deliver the same under Schedules B or C hereof. In that event, such excess shall beibilled under the provisions of the applicable Schedule. A-2 SERVICE SCHEDULE B to Agreement between the City of Lubbock, Texas and Southwestern Public Service Company ARTICLE B-1 DEFINITIONS In addition to the words and terms defined in the Agreement to which this Schedule is attached, the following words and terms as used in this Schedule, shall have the following meanings unless the context or use indicates another or different meaning or intent. Section B-1.1. The term "emergency shall mean electric ener&service" as that term is used herein supplied under Schedules A andeC heretothsu than electric power and energy under PP by the Company to the City unexpected emergency conditions beyond the control of the City where the City istenporarily unable to obtain needed electric sources normally available to it. Pier and energy from other ARTICLE B-2 AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCy SERVICE Section B-2.1. When the City, in an emergency, shall require emergency vice frn the Company, the City shall contact the Co eq� ser service. The Company shall then furnish the requested Y requesting such emergency available source to the extent that, in the judgment emergency service from any j gment of the of such emergency service will not impair or jeopardize other service in the system of the Capany. ARTICLE B-3 RATES FOR IImERGENCY SERVICE Section B-3.1. For emergency service provided for in this Schedule, the City shall ooanpensate the Company monthly at the following rates; (a)I', If provided from the Ccmpanyissystem, the greater of I 4.000 cents per kwh, or the Company,s cost of fuel forenerating such energy, including start ukilowatt hour.p costs, if any, plus 5 mils per (b) If provided from sources outside of the ProCurement costs in mils FY's own system, per kwh plus 10% for losses and handling. Section B-3.2. Billings under this Schedule may be increased by an amount equal to ,the sum of the taxes payable under federal, state and local sales tax acts, and all of the additional taxes, fees or charges, state and federal income taxes) (exclusive of ad valorem, payable by the Company and levied or assessed by any goverrinental authority on the Company's Pant s services rendered, or on the right or privilege of rendering the service, or on any object or event incidental to the renditionof the service, as the result of any new or ber 1, 19'78. amended laws after Septem- SERVICE SCHEDULE C to Agreement between the City of Lubbock, Texas and Southwestern Public Service Ccapany ARTICLE C-1 DEFINITIONS G In addition to the words and terms defined in therd Schedule is attached, the following words and terms as used innthis Schedult to which es shall have the following meanings unless the context or use indicates another or different meaning or intent. Section C-1.1. The term "nor -firm energy" as that term is used herein shall electric energy which the Company can produce and deliver (other than that electric energy described in Schedules A and B hereto) at a cost below that -at which the City can generate at its own generators in purchase, and which the operation at the time of sole discretion, and the C� willing nand abg and leto e to sell e. the Company's purchase. ARTICLE C-2 AVAILABILITY OF NON-FIRM ENERGY Section C-2.1. At any time during the term of this Agreement or any exten- sion or renewal thereof, that the City desires to purchase non-firm energy and the Company is willing and able to sell such non-firm energy the effect such purchase and sale by verbal agreement through the parties may center at Amarillo, Texas in accordance with the provisions her�eof.nYThecontrol Y hereby reserves the right at any time during such purchase of non-firm energy by the City to discontinue same for any reason. If an emergency should occur on the City's system during the purchase of any non-firm ever excess of firm power shall be energy, all energy purchased in Afire for in accordance with the terms and conditions Of Service Schedule B to this Agreement. Section C-2.2. During any month in which the to the Ci Company sells non-firm energy City, the City shall make available such records as are necessary to establish that it had concurrently available, at the time of any non-firm energy Purchase, alternate dependable capacity that could have otherwise been used to produce or furnish equivalent quantities of energy. ARTICLE C-3 RATES FOR NON-FIRM ENERGY Section C-3.1. During the term of this Agreement or any extensions or renewals thereof, and subject to change as hereinafter provided, the City hereb a Pay to the Company for non-firm energy the following rate: Y to Rate = B + A -B 2 where A equals the City's anticipated incremental production costs the transaction and B equals the per kwh during delivery costs nY s anticipated incremental production and Per kwh during the transaction. Incremental costs shall mean the costs to each respective party to produce the kwh involved in the transaction. EXHIBIT -I to Agreement between the City of Lubbock, Texas and Southwestern Public Service Company M � I N ZZ O rnx r zN<. Cn m 0 D :Z)X >Q"•0m ~ rn-{ a cn CO m a) V 0 r Q C CD o m 0 O M