City of Milwaukee - File #: 230804

• File #: 230804
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/19/2023
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 10/10/2023
• Title: : Substitute resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to issue a Request for Proposals for a guaranteed energy savings performance contract for City of Milwaukee buildings and facilities.
• Sponsors: ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
• Indexes: CONTRACTS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, PUBLIC BUILDINGS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/12/2023	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/10/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	SUBSTITUTED	Pass	15:0
10/10/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
9/27/2023	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Pamela Rich and Erik Shambarger - Environmental Collaboration Office	Pass	5:0
9/19/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
230804
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
060153, 091066, 091269, 181474, 221233
Sponsor
ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
Title:
Substitute resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to issue a Request for Proposals for a guaranteed energy savings performance contract for City of Milwaukee buildings and facilities.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of Public Works, working in collaboration with the Department of Administration-Environmental Collaboration Office, to issue a Request for Proposals seeking proposals from qualified energy savings companies (ESCOs) to identify, install, commission, and monitor the savings performance of energy conservation improvements (ECMs), including renewable energy generation and storage, made to City of Milwaukee buildings and facilities. Such guaranteed energy savings performance contracts allow municipalities and other entities to pay for energy and cost-saving ECMs through savings on future utility and operating costs. The Request for Proposals seeks to identify an ESCO that the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works and Environmental Collaboration Office to design, install, and guarantee energy conservation measures at various City facilities. This approach also allows identified ECMs, particularly renewable energy projects, to utilize federal elective payments, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, to reduce the system cost to the City and the amount of capital needed to fund the projects. Such guaranteed energy savings performance contracts have been utilized by the City of Milwaukee in the past for ECMs at the Safety Academy, the City’s traffic signal system, and the Milwaukee Public Libraries.
Body
Whereas, On June 20, 2023 the Common Council adopted Resolution File Number 221233 adopting the City of Milwaukee Climate and Equity Plan, and its goals of reducing citywide greenhouse gas emissions 45% by 2030 and achieving net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 while fighting racial economic i...