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Authorizing the City to enter into an Interconnection Agreement with Xcel Energy, which includes an indemnification clause, for solar at Animal Services.
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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 allocated Capital Maintenance and Green Energy Program funding for the renovation of 1115 Beulah Lane for the relocation of Animal Control to a new Animal Services facility; and
WHEREAS, the renovation must align with the State of Minnesota's B3 Sustainable Buildings Guidelines and SB2030 Energy Standard, which require onsite renewable energy generation to meet energy and carbon efficiency standards for the facility; and
WHEREAS, the installation of a rooftop solar array at Animal Services 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; and 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 Animal Services.
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