AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing execution of agreements for up to 30 buildings, including buildings participating in the City’s 2030 Challenge High Performance Existing Building Pilot, for the purchase and/or sale of energy occurring as part of the Energy Efficiency as a Service pilot projects with a contract length of up to 20 years to test the viability of providing Energy Efficiency as a Service as part of the utility’s pay for performance program.
Agenda item 14. Agenda Item 14. Constable 119225. Link to the satellite department authorizing execution of agreements for up to 30 buildings, including building participating in the city's 2030 challenge high performance existing building project pilot for the purchase and or sale of energy occurring as part of the energy efficiency as a service pilot projects with a contract length of up to 20 years to test the viability of providing energy efficiency as a service. As part of the utility's pay for performance program, the committee recommends the bill passes amended. And councilmember said, I'm aware you have an amendment, so go ahead and speak through the base legislation and the amendment altogether, and then we'll do a formal motion on the amendment. Wonderful. Thank you, Mr. President. Again, I want to thank the committee for their work on this and the entire coalition and community that came forward to advocate for this legislation. What we have in front of us is a combination of language that came from the coalition, from Seattle City Life and from the community at large, who wants to make sure that as we create the ability to have a greener energy economy, that when we create green, efficient buildings, that we're also creating opportunities for folks to have access to good living wage jobs in this new green energy economy. The language that you have in front of you enhances some of the legislation that we discussed in committee that last week with an effort to aim to increase the number of individuals who are working on these sites with apprenticeship. Criteria, credentials, the number of individuals who are coming forward to participate in our prevailing wage opportunities, the number of individuals who are coming forward as both workers and contractors who are from women and minority owned businesses. This is a really great opportunity and I think we're leading by example not only with creating a green energy economy, but making sure more people have access to these good living wage jobs. We know that historically the folks who are most affected by climate change are those who've done the least to cause it, especially low wage workers, women and people of color who often live on the margins and are more likely to suffer the consequences of climate change . So what we're doing today, I think, is really forward looking, very inclusive, and I'm excited to work with our council on this. Thank you, Councilmember Mosquito. So, Councilmember Skinner, would you like to make a formal motion to amend Section five? I move that we amend Section five with the proposed legislation that is in front of you. Okay. To move moving second to amend section five as stated by councilmember skater. All those in favor of the amendment please vote i. I opposed the have a minute piece of legislation. Councilmember Skate, did you have any further words on this legislation? Well, Mr. President, I apologize for not asking you about this beforehand, but I wondered if we might suspend the rules to see if Dennis has any comments that you'd like to add before we vote on this as well. If there's no objection, we could hear from Mr. Hayes for a few moments to grace us with a few words of wisdom on this legislation. Thank you for letting me put you on the spot, Mr. Hayes. No problem. But the 22nd clock on him, please. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members of the Council. I think that all of the most important things have already been said by Councilmember Mosquito. The one addition that I would make as someone who's been in this field now for well in excess of four decades, almost always when you're dealing with something that enhances the greenness or the efficiency of buildings, it's a zero sum game. Somebody pays, somebody receives, somebody wins. Somebody loses. This particular energy efficiency as a service approach, which we used to refer to as Meets and Cantlie, this is a better name for it is one where everybody wins. The tenants get a much better building. The landlord gets a reasonable return on its investment. The utility continues to make a rate of return. And all of the other utility ratepayers who would have to pay something if we were not to get new energy supplies instead of investing in efficiencies, keep their rates low. And of course, there are those very high quality jobs that come out of it as well. It's win, win, win across the board. And I'm delighted that the council seemed favorably disposed toward it. Thank you, sir. Okay. Well, I think that's a good segue into a vote. Please call the roll on the passage of the bill. Gonzales, i. Herbold, i. Johnson Mosquera i. O'Brien Sergeant. President. Harrell All right. Seven in favor and unopposed. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. All right, please read agenda item number 15.