AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Materials Management
ACM: Bryan Langley
AGENDA DATE: September 16, 2014
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance accepting competitive proposals and awarding a contract for the purchase by the City of Denton, Texas of Load, Price, Weather, Wind Forecasting Services in support of the Energy Marketing Organization of Denton Municipal Electric from Pattern Recognition Technologies, Inc. (PRT, Inc.) in an amount not-to-exceed $171,000, and WSI Corporation in an amount not-to-exceed amount of $77,004; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (RFP 5595-awarded to PRT, Inc. in the three (3) year not-to-exceed amount of $171,000 and WSI Corporation in the three (3) year not-to-exceed amount of $77,004 for a total award of $248,004). The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (5-0).
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This RFP is for the purchase of software which is required by the Energy Management Organization (EMO) of Denton Municipal Electric. The software is a required step in the implementation of the EMO. Accurately forecasting DME's load is necessary to secure the right amount of energy at all times for the City of Denton and is especially important during periods of potential price volatility. PRT Inc's price and load products will be used to enhance models run in UPLAN, which in turn is how staff analyzes future congestion and market changes in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Abnormal and unexpected weather changes dramatically impact power prices which directly impact gas prices and energy consumption. With WSI Corporation's (WSI) services/products, staff gains direct access to meteorologists and their short-term, long-term, seasonal, and tropical forecasts and outlooks enabling DME to anticipate and react to price changes due to future weather events such as "hotter-than-normal summers", "colder-than-normal winters", hurricanes, or even severe thunderstorms. W...
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