HomeMy WebLinkAboutC4. NorthWest Energy
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Rick Hixson, City Engineer
SUBJECT: NorthWestern Energy Customer Agreement, Improved Electric Service to Story Mill Landfill
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
MEETING DATE: April 18, 2016
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the Director of Public Works to execute a Customer
Agreement with NorthWestern Energy to extend a new 3 phase 277/480 V power line and transformers to the Story Mill Landfill.
BACKGROUND: We are in the process of installing the Montana Department of
Environmental Quality (MDEQ) approved corrective measures at the Story Mill Landfill. This
includes the installation of both air injection wells and soil vapor extraction wells at the landfill boundary, as well as a new flare to destroy the collected vapors. At the present time we are only extracting and destroying landfill gas from the unlined cell itself. The system being installed now
will both inject and extract soil gas which will require a great deal more energy in the form of a
larger electric compressor. This compressor requires 3 phase power and the current service is
only single phase. UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The cost of the new power line is $27,750.00. This will be paid for using
the State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan we have gotten from DNRC. ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Attachments: Customer Service Agreement
Prepared 4/7/16
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