Energy and Environment Committe

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025 ­ 3:30 PM EDWARD R. ROYBAL BPW SESSION ROOM ROOM 350, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER ADRIN NAZARIAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JUARDO COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA (Michael Espinosa ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1064 or michael.espinosa@lacity.org) Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also be accessed at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public are encouraged to use one of the other channels. The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda. Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) ­­­­­ Verbal report from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power relative to the impact and response to the recent windstorms and wildfires on the local infrastructure. (2) 24­1592 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to the Second Amendment to an agreement with Itron, Inc., for the Distribution Automation Communication Network Solution and Services. ITEM(S) (1) ­­­­­ Verbal report from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power relative to the impact and response to the recent windstorms and wildfires on the local infrastructure. (2) 24­1592 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to the Second Amendment to an agreement with Itron, Inc., for the Distribution Automation Communication Network Solution and Services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 14, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ FEBRUARY 14, 2025) (3) 24­1595 Exemption, Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney reports, and Ordinance relative to the Quitclaim Deed quitclaiming a public power facility easement to AMCAL Washington Fund, L.P. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (4) 20­0661­S1 Exemption, Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney reports, and Ordinance relative to the Second Amended and Restated Navajo Agreements updating various terms and conditions for the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2029, to reflect current agreed upon responsibility for Navajo Project ownership shares, operation and maintenance costs and project facilities as they currently exist. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 24­1597 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to the Wireline Crossing Agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Company for the Barren Ridge Switching Station to Haskell Canyon Switching Station Line 1 right of way, in Mojave. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  Community Impact Statement: None submitted (5) 24­1597 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to the Wireline Crossing Agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Company for the Barren Ridge Switching Station to Haskell Canyon Switching Station Line 1 right of way, in Mojave. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 14, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ FEBRUARY 14, 2025) (6) 24­1591 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to the Second Amendment to an Agreement with UL Services Group for Energy Imbalance Market Variable Energy Resources Forecasting Services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 14, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ FEBRUARY 14, 2025) (7) 24­1594 Statutory Exemption, Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney reports, and Ordinance relative to the Navajo Large Generator Interconnection Agreement among Nextera Energy Resources Interconnection Holdings, LLC; Arizona Public Service Company; the City of Los Angeles, acting by and through the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Nevada Power Company d/b/a NV Energy; Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District; Tucson Electric Power Company, and the United States of America Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation for the Q196 Generator Interconnection Project. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 24­1593  Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District; Tucson Electric Power Company, and the United States of America Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation for the Q196 Generator Interconnection Project. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (8) 24­1593 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to First Amendments to Agreements with Total Resource Management, Inc. and International Business Machines Corporation, for Maximo Specialized Computer Software services. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 14, 2025 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ FEBRUARY 14, 2025) (9) 24­1460 Mitigated Negative Declaration, Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney reports, and Ordinance relative to authorizing the sale of an easement to the City of Bishop for its North Sierra Highway Water Line Project. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (10) 24­1461 Exemption, Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney reports, and Ordinance relative to authorizing the sale of real property interests to the State of California, Department of Transportation, for its North See Vee Signal Project. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (11) 19­1002 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Board of Public Works report relative to California Environmental Quality Act determinations and execution of Memorandum of Agreement for the Stormwater Capture  North See Vee Signal Project. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (11) 19­1002 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Board of Public Works report relative to California Environmental Quality Act determinations and execution of Memorandum of Agreement for the Stormwater Capture Parks Program. (This item was also referred to Budget and Finance Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (12) 21­1015­S16 City Administrative Officer report relative to the submittal of two applications for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants for Political Subdivisions of States and Territories for Fiscal Year 2024. (This item was also referred to Budget and Finance Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (13) 24­1482 Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney reports and Ordinance relative to the transfer of surplus money, from the Power Revenue Fund of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to the Reserve Fund of the City during Fiscal Year 2024­25. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted (14) 24­1596 General Exemption, Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney reports, and Ordinance relative to three Transmission Service Agreements with Open Mountain Energy, LLC, for firm point­to­point transmission service. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted  (14) 24­1596 General Exemption, Board of Water and Power Commissioners and City Attorney reports, and Ordinance relative to three Transmission Service Agreements with Open Mountain Energy, LLC, for firm point­to­point transmission service. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted SUPPORTING MATERIALS Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00­0000) associated with the agenda item. PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk­services/cps/council­committee­meetings/info­assignments­structure SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1133. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to register as a lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. or at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available? There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Committee members. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available? There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the caller is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello, this is the relay service…" when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.