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Authorizing the City to enter into an Interconnection Agreement with Xcel Energy, which includes an indemnification clause, for solar at Fire Station #7.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan, adopted in December 2019, established a goal of achieving carbon neutrality in city operations by 2030 and included a key action of increasing municipal installations of renewable energy; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul previously dedicated funds for the construction of the new Fire Station #7, which went into operation in 2025; and
WHEREAS, the new construction was required to align with the State of Minnesota's B3 Sustainable Buildings Guidelines and SB2030 Energy Standard which required onsite renewable energy generation to meet energy and carbon efficiency standards for the facility; and
WHEREAS, the installation of a 40-kW rooftop solar array at Fire Station #7 will require the City of Saint Paul to enter into a Minnesota Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection Agreement with Xcel Energy, which includes an indemnification clause in favor of Xcel; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes and directs the proper city officials to enter into the Interconnection Agreement with Xcel Energy, which includes an indemnification clause, for the rooftop solar array at Fire Station #7.
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