Agreement - Consulting for Renewable Fuel Standard Report & Compliance Assistance - Weaver and Tidwell, LLP.

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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION OF UTILITIES TO: Members of the Board of Public Works Eric Horvath, Director of Public Works Clara McDaniels, Board of Public Works Attorney Linda Martin, Clerk of Board of Public Works FROM: Al Greek, Director of Utilities Jacob M. Klosinski, Assistant City Engineer SUBJECT: Agenda Request Form — Professional Services Agreement Renewable Fuel Standard Reporting and Compliance Assistance DATE: December 3, 2019 uu��a'�ANXO. o oFoo�liA'Mfim on rt....IFKiI mAiXPoNN I M1WNfNiu4N6N�'rpAIQ�&Uwww�vwue!wWWNN�d Ylfu� RINVNNM�MNNW'�u�n�n�n�uw.NWuwiwmaoiNlI1WANuu ofd!k1f�;bY"JwVSW"M'��'t'JW,uww,W'NWY Hp �v�v�v�v�rX�t�mO.INUWfM!J6mt'ta(M W�b'd1iNtl M0 Y4VeWu��OUMXdmu W.aml'xiONu�MM�WN'WNaMM1msm'N�MM1'M�(SX�,StN9�UN0(M�bMuu BfMBN The Division of Engineering and Division of Utilities are requesting the Board of Public Works' approval of a Professional Services Agreement with Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P. to provide reporting and compliance assistance for the City of South Bend Renewable Fuel Standard program. Background In April 2019, the City of South Bend Utilities obtained its certification as a Renewable Fuel Standard source provider from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. With the task of administering the program, the Division of Utilities needs accounting and compliance assistance in the early stages of the program to assist with the review of quarterly reporting and brokerage of the Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) that the Wastewater Treatment Plant is producing. Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) are serial numbers assigned to a batch of biofuel for the purpose of tracking its production, use, and trading as required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard implemented according the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The City of South Bend currently uses the biofuel that it produces in the boiler for Digester No. 2, the engine for Raw Sewage Pump #1, and a slow fill CNG Fuel Station at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. The biofuel is produced through the Digester Gas Cleaning System (Guild Associates Microgate Gas Processing Unit). Impurities are removed from the gas produced by Digester No. 2 and the resulting product gas is natural gas, pipeline quality methane. The Renewable Fuel Standard only allows for RINs to be captured through the use of the biofuel for transportation purposes. The City is moving aggressively to utilize more of the cleaned digester gas in Solid Waste refuse vehicles, Wastewater fleet vehicles, and Organic Resources fleet vehicles to improve on the amount of biofuel being used for transportation purposes. In turn, this allow for a greater amount of RINs available for trading on the open market. Revenue from the program is intended for the operation and maintenance of the system and to defray some of the program administration costs. The funding source for the project is Utilities, Sewage Works Operations, Accounting (641-0630- 793.31-04). If there are any questions regarding the subject project, please contact Al Greek (Ext,. 4210) at the Division of Utilities or Jacob M. Klosinski (Ext. 9496) at the Division of Engineering.