Opening of Proposals - Olive WTP Solar GESC Proj No 124-050 - Schneider Electric

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CITY OF LA PORT E LA PORTE, IN PROJECT COST $9,748,045 ANNUAL PROJECT SAVINGS $819,376 SCOPE OF WORK • AM meter conversion of 9,040 meters • 1.3 MW solar field to power 100% of wastewater plant load • City building energy conservation including window film, lighting retrofits, building envelope weatherization • City decorative street lighting retrofit • Wireless smart system infrastructure and lighting control — Michigan Avenue ROLE OF RESPONDER & METHOD OF M&V Energy Services Company PROJECT TERM & DATES 20 Year Term Project Beginning and End Dates 2019-2029 Construction Dates 2018-2019 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The City of La Porte had considered a meter change out project for over a decade. The cost and manpower necessary to implement it kept the project on the shelf. 95% of the 8,000+ meters that The Village owns were located in residential and commercial buildings. Many meters were located in customers basements with a digital reader wired to the outside of the home for the meter reader to read. The process of getting into everyone's home and replacing meters attached to piping that may be over 100 years old was a daunting task. Schneider Electric's project development and engineering team worked with The City's Public Works personnel to put together a plan to complete the change out and guarantee that it would not only pay for itself, but even provide extra revenue for other capital works projects in need of funding. Schneider Electric replaced all the meters with new meters that are connected to a new advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system. La Porte will now get readings daily and be able to inform customers if there are leaks behind their meter that need to be addressed. In addition to the meter project, Schneider is installing new LED street lighting and utilizing the new system network to control the lighting. There were multiple levels of integration associated with getting the system up and running and plans for future smart city networks to be able to integrate into the system. Schneider also designed and installed a 1.3 MW solar field that sits on 5 acres of land located by the wastewater treatment plant. The plant uses a trickle bed system and thus does not use a large amount of energy, so the field was designed to power the plant's typical energy load. The plant is also hooked up to the local utility grid and will take advantage of net metering for its complete lifecycle.