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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 SUBJECT: SOFTWARE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE PLANT CONTROL SYSTEMS AT RIVERSIDE ENERGY RESOURCE CENTER AND SPRINGS GENERATING STATION FROM E&M ELECTRIC & MACHINERY, INC., DBA WONDERWARE OF HEALDSBURG, CALIFORNIA, FOR A TWO- YEAR TERM IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,090 ISSUES: Consider recommending that the City Council approve the expenditure for software and technical support services for the plant control systems at Riverside Energy Resource Center and Springs Generating Station from E&M Electric & Machinery, Inc., dba Wonderware of Healdsburg, California, for a two-year term in the amount of $63,090. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities recommend that the City Council: 1. Authorize the expenditure for software and technical support services from E&M Electric & Machinery Inc., dba Wonderware of Healdsburg, California for the plant control systems at Riverside Energy Resource Center and Springs Generating Station, for a two-year in the amount of $63,090; 2. Approve the End User License Agreement with Aveva Software, LLC for Wonderware Software; and 3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the end user license agreement with Aveva Software, LLC including minor non-substantive changes. BACKGROUND: The City of Riverside owns and operates the Riverside Energy Resource Center (RERC), and the Springs Generating Station (Springs). Both plants are environmentally regulated to operate at the lowest possible emissions for their engine classes. Collectively, they produce 232 megawatts of power and only operate when there is a critical need to meet electricity demands. Operations at each facility are conducted through each plant control systems allowing technicians to interface with numerous pieces of equipment and wide variety of components. The Wonderware software runs on the distributed control systems and provides data that is used in