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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 SUBJECT: NET ENERGY METERING INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT FOR RENEWABLE ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITIES AND $100,000 REBATE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM FOR CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD ISSUE: Consider approving a Net Energy Metering Agreement to allow the California Air Resources Board Southern California Headquarters facility to interconnect 3.75 megawatt, and up to 5.0 megawatt, of photovoltaic systems with the RPU grid and to authorize a rebate of $100,000 to the California Air Resources Board for the installation of a photovoltaic system. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities recommend that the City Council 1. Approve the Net Energy Metering Agreement with the California Air Resources Board for the interconnection at the Southern California Headquarters facility of 3.75 megawatts of photovoltaic systems with the RPU grid; 2. Approve the payment of a $100,000 rebate to the California Air Resources Board for the installation of a photovoltaic system at the Southern California Headquarters facility under , as reserved at the time of their commitment to relocate to Riverside; 3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Net Energy Metering Agreement and all documents necessary to administer the Agreement including the ability to add the final utility account numbers to the agreement and to make non-substantive changes; and 4. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a future amendment to the Net Energy Metering Agreement with the California Air Resources Board to increase that interconnection to a maximum of 5.0 megawatts to the RPU grid. BACKGROUND: In March 2016, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that they intended to build their new, state-of-the-art $419 million, 380,000-square-foot headquarters and research facility within the City of Riverside, near the University of California, Riverside campus. As stated in their news release, CARB chose this 19-acre provide the best opportunity for growth in the coming decades, and for collaboration with \[the\]