DEPARTMENT: Office of Sustainability
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Douglas Melnick
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
CPS Energy's SolarHostSA Program
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance authorizing the City of San Antonio's participation in CPS Energy's SolarHostSA Program for the installation, operation and maintenance of solar installations on City facilities; approval for City departments to enter into a solar license agreement with PowerFin SolarMundo, LLC, for a term of twenty years, with two five-year renewal options; and acceptance of host credits, for City facilities participating in the SolarHostSA Program, on their monthly CPS Energy bill in an amount not to exceed $0.03 times the total kilowatt hours (kWH) of the "Net Electricity" received by CPS Energy from the solar installation.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
CPS Energy, through power purchase agreements with operators from across the country, has 11 solar farms generating 446 megawatts of renewable power - the most in Texas. These solar farms are located in and around the San Antonio area, and regionally in communities like Uvalde and Brackettville.
Today, San Antonio has the most solar generation capacity in the state, while Texas is tenth in the country in solar capacity. In an effort to make solar power more accessible, CPS Energy developed the Simply Solar Program. This program offers customers the opportunity to lease their roof for solar power generation or to purchase a share of the sun power produced at a centralized solar farm.
On August 12, 2015, CPS Energy and PowerFin SolarMundo, LLC (PowerFin) entered in a Power Purchase Agreement that provides for the purchase by CPS Energy from PowerFin of the electrical output from solar power generation systems to be installed and operated by PowerFin on the rooftops of CPS customers (Solar Hosts). Below are the key terms of the solar license agreement for the City:
City Receives:
? A credit on the monthly bill of each participating City faci...
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