File #: RES 25-033    Version: 1 Name: HEC Resolution
Type: Resolution Status: Withdrawn
File created: 7/8/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/8/2025 Final action: 7/8/2025
Title: Consider adopting a resolution authorizing Harrisonburg Electric Commission to enter into a Battery Energy Storage System Output Purchase Agreement and Interconnection Agreement for Battery Energy Storage Facility for a term in excess of 10 years.
Attachments: 1. Memorandum, 2. Resolution, 3. BESS VMEA-Member agreement 4861-9275-9261 v15, 4. DRAFT HEC BESS Interconnection Agreement VMEA 5-15 4898-5741-2138 v5 6.pdf, 5. Executed resolution

Subject:

Title

Consider adopting a resolution authorizing Harrisonburg Electric Commission to enter into a Battery Energy Storage System Output Purchase Agreement and Interconnection Agreement for Battery Energy Storage Facility for a term in excess of 10 years.

 

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Presented By:  Chris Brown, City Attorney

Recommendation and Review

The Harrisonburg Electric Commission (HEC) desires to participate in a battery energy storage system project (the “BESS Project”), where a BESS system would be installed and interconnected with HEC’s electric facilities. The BESS Project will reduce the peak load of Virginia Municipal Electric Association No. 1 (“VMEA”), which will enable significant cost savings. Those savings will be apportioned to VMEA members, including HEC.

 

Section 8-1-11 of the City Code of the City of Harrisonburg, Virginia requires City Council approve any HEC contracts or agreements that exceed 10 years in duration.