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<br /> <br /> RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br /> Board Memorandum <br /> <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: OCTOBER 25, 2021 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: AGREEMENT FROM REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 2040 WITH ATLAS COPCO <br />FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF AIR COMPRESSOR EQUIPMENT AND A FIVE- <br />YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM FOR THE CLEARWATER POWER <br />PLANT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $154,628 <br />ISSUES: <br />Consider approval of an Agreement from RFP 2040 with Atlas Copco of Rock Hill, South Carolina, <br />for the replacement of Air Compressor equipment and a five-year extended warranty program for <br />the Clearwater Power Plant, in the amount of $154,628. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />That the Board of Public Utilities: <br />1. Approve an Agreement with Atlas Copco of Rock Hill, South Carolina, for the replacement <br />of Air Compressor equipment and a five-year extended warranty program at the Clearwater <br />Power Plant in the amount of $154,628; and <br /> <br />2. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Agreement with Atlas Copco, <br />including minor non-substantive changes. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Clearwater Power Plant (Clearwater) was first commissioned in March 2005 and later <br />acquired by the City of Riverside in September 2010. Clearwater is a combined-cycle power plant <br />that produces 28 megawatts of efficient power and serves an important role in providing electricity <br />to the Riverside customers. <br />Clearwater, like all power plants, utilizes a wide array of equipment and technologies that must <br />work together to generate electricity. Air compressors are one of the pieces of essential <br />equipment. They operate daily to provide clean, pressurized air to numerous pneumatically <br />operated components on a 24/7 basis, even when the power plant is not generating electricity. <br />Due to their constant operation, Clearwater has two air compressors. Each unit can provide 100% <br />of the pressurized air necessary to operate the plant and provides backup should one of the <br />compressors fail. This is a typical configuration for power plants. Both air compressors at <br />Clearwater have operated over 60,000 hours with traditional standard and preventative <br /> <br />