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AWARDING RESOLUTION
ISSUED TO ENERWISE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
FOR PARTICIPATION IN DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM
(CONTRACT TOTAL AMOUNT: APPROXIMATELY $452,048.52)
(REVENUE PAID TO COUNTY)
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WHEREAS, the Illinois State Constitution and Illinois General Assembly have authorized counties, including the County of DuPage (COUNTY), authority to perform various public functions, and to provide essential governmental services, for the benefit of its residents, property owners and businesses; and
WHEREAS, to accomplish the foregoing, the General Assembly authorized the County to operate, maintain and keep in repair necessary COUNTY buildings and to enter into agreements for said purposes pursuant to Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 55, paragraphs 5/5-1106 et. seq.; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said authority, the COUNTY has installed and operates several compression ignition internal combustion engines (“CI ICE”) to provide standby emergency electrical power to COUNTY buildings in the event of electrical power disruptions; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY’s CI ICE are capable of providing electrical power, on short notice, to COUNTY buildings during periods of peak energy demand; which action reduces the COUNTY’s draw of electricity from the local electrical grid; and
WHEREAS, a private market exists for “Demand Response” programs, facilitated by curtailment service providers, in which participating CI ICE owners agree to operate their respective CI ICEs during periods of peak energy demand, (e.g., declared Energy Emergency Alerts per Federal regulations), to reduce the overall demand for electricity; and
WHEREAS, participants in Demand Response programs are paid regularly for their commitment to have electrical generation capacity available during such demand response events, together with additional compensation paid in accordance with the volume of electrical power generated during a demand response period; and
WHEREAS, proposals from curtailment service providers have been taken and processed in accordance with County Board policy; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Committee recommends that the County Board approve the proposal from Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC to participate in its Demand Response Program for a one-year period from June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026, with three, one-year options to renew, in which the County will be enrolled in PJM’s emergency capacity demand response program and will be compensated for its participation at a fixed percentage rate per kilowatt hour generated, with an estimated total compensation of approximately $452,048.52 for year(s) 2025-2026. Payments to the County will be made quarterly following the program year.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that County RFP #25-032-FM for Facilities Management dated March 6, 2025 to participate in an electrical energy demand response program managed by Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC, for a one-year period from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026, is hereby approved for issuance by the County’s Procurement Division to Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC, 1001 Fleet Street, Suite 400, Baltimore, MD 21202.
BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Board Chair is hereby directed to execute the contract with Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC and to further execute such other documents as necessary and, or, prudent to complete the transaction hereby authorized.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit certified copies of this Resolution to Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC., 1001 Fleet Street, Suite 400, Baltimore, MD 21202, and to ASA Nicholas Alfonso, Civil Division / DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office.
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Enacted and approved this 22nd Day of April, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK