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W A T E R E N E R G Y L I F E RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES P UB LIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: JUNE 26, 2023 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 AVEVA SELECT CALIFORNA OF HEALDSBURG, CALIFORNIA, FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM IN THE AMOUNT OF $124,785 ISSUE: 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 Aveva Select California of Healdsburg, California, for a three-year term in the amount of $124,785. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities recommend that the City Council authorize the expenditure for software and technical support services from E&M Electric & Machinery, Inc., dba Aveva Select California of Healdsburg, California for the plant control systems at Riverside Energy Resource Center and Springs Generating Station, for a three-year term in the amount of $124,785. 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 the plant's distributed control systems allowing technicians to interface with numerous pieces of equipment and a wide variety of components. The Wonderware software runs on the distributed control systems and provides data that is used in the supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA) as well as RPU's PI system dashboards. Wonderware was installed during initial construction at RERC and Springs and customized for each generation facility. The software, which is considered one of the best control software systems for this use, has been continuously used and updated since each facility was commissioned: Springs in 2002; RERC Units 1 & 2 in 2006; and RERC Units 3 & 4 in 2011. E&M Electric & Machinery, Inc. dba Aveva Select California (E&M) is the vendor for the Wonderware software used at RERC and Springs. E&M provides technical support and upgrades the software when required. The software is owned by Aveva Software, LLC.