Agenda Date: 05/19/2020
Subject:
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Ordinance 20-2020: An ordinance on second reading authorizing a grant of a biogas pipeline and custody transfer station permanent easement between the City of Littleton and Public Service Company of Colorado, located on the South Platte Water Renewal Partners Treatment Plant property
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Prepared by:
Chong Woo, SPWRP Deputy Director - Engineering
PURPOSE:
South Platte Water Renewal Partners (SPWRP) recommends approval of a permanent easement with Public Service Company of Colorado (Xcel Energy) for the SPWRP Biogas Pipeline and Custody Transfer Station (Gas Recovery Facility). As joint-owners of the SPWRP wastewater treatment facility, approval by ordinance is required by both the City of Littleton and City of Englewood Councils. This recommendation was approved by the SPWRP Supervisory Committee on March 26, 2020.
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenter(s): Keith Reester, Public Works Director
Additional Presenter(s): N/A
SUMMARY:
In February 2017 SPWRP initiated a feasibility study to evaluate the economic and environmental benefits of implementing a Biogas use recovery facility. Based on the feasibility study results, a recommendation was made for full-scale implementation for a pipeline injection project. In August 2018 a contract was awarded for construction of the SPWRP Pipeline Injection Project (Gas Recovery Facility). The gas recovery facility includes capture of the existing biogas generated as part of the wastewater treatment process, cleaning and treating it to natural gas quality, and then injecting it into Xcel Energy's national pipeline system.
As part of the Project, a separate contract was executed with Xcel Energy to construct a gas transfer station and service pipeline to Xcel Energy's system. The transfer station and service pipeline are both located on SPWRP property. As part of the contract, Xcel requires a non-exclusive permanent easement to operate, maintain, and repair the Biogas Pipeline and Cust...
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