DU PAGE COUNTY - File #: FM-P-0029-24

• File #: FM-P-0029-24
• Version: 1
• Type: Facilities Management Requisition Over $30K
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/7/2024
• In control: Public Works Committee
• On agenda: 6/18/2024
• Final action: 6/25/2024
• Title: AWARDING RESOLUTION ISSUED TO ENERWISE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. FOR PARTICIPATION IN DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM (CONTRACT TOTAL AMOUNT: APPROXIMATELY $31,773.00) (REVENUE PAID TO COUNTY)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2024	1	Finance Committee	Approved	Pass
6/25/2024	1	DuPage County Board	Approved	Pass
6/18/2024	1	Public Works Committee	Approved and Sent to Finance	Pass

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AWARDING RESOLUTION
ISSUED TO ENERWISE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
FOR PARTICIPATION IN DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM
(CONTRACT TOTAL AMOUNT: APPROXIMATELY $31,773.00)
(REVENUE PAID TO COUNTY)resolution


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 peri...