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Home My WebLink AboutResolution - 2019-R0453 - LP&L Wadsworth Location - 12/03/2019 (2) Resolution No. 2019-RO453 Item No. 7.20 December 3, 2019 RESOLUTION WHEREAS,the City of Lubbock and its municipally owned electric utility, Lubbock Power & Light ("LP&L"), are currently served with wholesale power delivered through the Southwest Power Pool Regional Transmission Organization ("SPP"); WHEREAS, LP&L filed before the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("PUC") its Application of the City of Lubbock Through Lubbock Power and Light for Authority to Connect a Portion of its System with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ("ERCOT''), Docket Number 47576 (the "Application"), on or about September 1, 2017; WHEREAS, the portion of LP&L's load subject to the Application is more particularly defined therein and herein as the"Affected Load"; WHEREAS, the Application to integrate the Affected Load into ERCOT was granted by the PUC,as evidenced by its Order dated March 15,2018,in PUC Docket No. 47576, styled Application far the City of Lubbock through Lubbock Power and Light for Authority to Connect a Portion of its System with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (the"Order"); WHEREAS, as a part of Order, the PUC ordered LP&L and Sharyland Utilities ("Sharyland"), as end point owners of the subject transmission infrastructure ("Infrastructure") required to be constructed to integrate the Affected Load into ERCOT, to agree to the split of ownership of such Infrastructure; WHEREAS, such agreement was accomplished through the Participation Agreement (the "PA"), entered into by and between LP&L and Sharyland; WHEREAS, as a part of the PA and in consideration for services provided to LP&L therein, LP&L committed to convey certain lands owned by it to Sharyland to be used for the construction and operation of the 345 kV Wadsworth Substation(the "345 kV Wadsworth Substation"); WHEREAS,subsequent to entering into the PA, Sharyland was acquired by merger and acquisition by Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC ("Oncor"); WHEREAS, as a part of the merger and acquisition, Oncor succeeded to all benefits and obligations of Sharyland under the PA; WHEREAS, the Certificate of Convenience and Necessity proceedings involving routing of the Infrastructure as concerns the proposed Abernathy to Wadsworth 345-kV Transmission Line in Hale and Lubbock Counties, PUC Docket No. 48668, and the proposed Wadsworth to New Oliver to Farmland 345 kV Transmission Line in Lubbock and Lynn Counties and the proposed Southeast to New Oliver to Oliver 115 kV Transmission Line in Lubbock County, PUC Docket No.48909 (the"Subject CCN Cases"),involve the location of the 345 kV Wadsworth Substation; WHEREAS, due to the routing requirements in the Subject CCN Cases, relative certainty as to the location of the 345 kV Wadsworth Substation is necessary; WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock (the "City Council") desires to now provide such relative certainty as to location; NOW, THEREFORE: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: THAT, the City Council hereby expresses its intent to convey the lands, as roughly depicted in Exhibit "A" as the "Updated Proposed Wadsworth 345-kV Site," attached hereto and made a part hereof, to Oncor, (i) upon terms and provisions mutually acceptable to LP&L and Oncor; and (ii) to satisfy the covenants provided in the PA for the construction and operation of the 345 kV Wadsworth Substation. Passed by the City Council this 3rd day of December, 2019. Daniel M. Pope, Mayor ATTEST: Reb t ca Garza, City Secret ry APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: (Q,:J—/ha David McCalla, Director of Electric Utilities APPROVED AS TO FORM: L Richard Casner, LP&L General Counsel fil WZ1941,.ale0 N� SN33NIDN3 -b d ;�q�Wx3 syuewBes pule oils ZMAOd V 41JompeM PasodoJd paiepdn woij mos ' 1 alno8 al RlJedoJd pue laepuno8 IaoJed [::] penoiddy ofld WomspeM of Agiewegy lea 3 A:podoJd�looggnl do Allo ED yuewBos elnob engewallV 009'1 006 o ion pan by/HMW2l0� {� Al-49E PUeluued oy 4yJomspeM spall JeyleM r, ails LwomspeM pesodoJd pelepdn el!S 4yJomspeM pasodoJd Ieu!6up 0 eull uolsslwsueJl AM-o£Z 6u!ys!x3/`.� 311S H 1 a OM S a SIM aul-I uolsslwsueJl M-SLI.6ullslx3 uollels 4uomspBM a 3 S O d O N d a 31H a d n eul-y uolsslwsueJl Ail-fig Bulislx3 s �. WON luewBeS 41JomspeM oy R4iewegd p sluewBaS ells 4yUomspeM poled ePoN O P fl luew6eS AM-SK PuelwJled oy 4pomspeM --�— j s66Le_a' � +•+ Y i"eiaeea I rrrr j v Vomta • 111 O,,AJfg� ► e UM �'I o • % •t7 r ,�/� I� 1•: ; % ' N 089n,i �� t, �' •t 1s �• 1 it _�O Alli f'�( � S,; .• -- ' -M 3oes,n� � • r 11 . • 69EL9iI 6921,42!! 0 tlJr • °e® 098SBaI( ± �• �� o � ��. r` II o .t ► �; )1111 ariea; o° ► lei � a�� ;ocevs�a', �(, I lit !�; off° • • ► I SZ o �c 1f Je iJiat8d ►.. _.ws;.