HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC AG PKT 2011-08-08 #QAGENDA STAFF REPORT
DATE: August 8, 2011
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
THRU: Jill R. Ingram, City Manager
FROM: Sean P. Crumby, Assistant City Manager /Public Works
SUBJECT: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (SCE) RULE 20A
FUNDING UPDATE
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
That the City Council approve a scoring system for prioritizing potential SCE Rule
20A undergrounding improvement project.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS:
During the recent 2011 Budget hearings, staff received a request to underground
overhead utilities on Seal Beach Boulevard from Pacific Coast Highway to
Electric Avenue. The resident requested this project to improve emergency access
on Seal Beach Boulevard. An Emergency Coastal Tsunami Evacuation Map is
attached to show the limits of a Tsunami for emergency planning.
Currently, the City has approximately $744,544 in Rule 20A funds. The City
receives approximately $87,877 annually. The Rule 20A program allows cities to
spend ahead up to five years yielding a total of $1,183,929. The typical cost for
construction is $1 million per one mile of undergrounding.
In 2010 the City completed two Edison underground projects one on Seal Beach
Boulevard from Bolsa Avenue to Marlin Avenue, fronting McGaugh Elementary
School; and the second on North Gate Road from Seal Beach Boulevard to the 405
Freeway fronting the Fire Station.
The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Rule 20A funding program,
administered by Southern California Edison Company (SCE) allows local agencies
to underground overhead utilities on arterial and collector roads. (See attached
Edison Rule 20 Policy and the City's General Plan for road classifications.)
Agenda Item Q
Page 2
Rule 20A projects include the removal of poles, overhead wires and associated
structures and the underground installation of wires and facilities for supplying
electric, communication or similar or associated service within the district, for
individual service connections and connection to the main connection point at the
first pole outside of the district, at no cost to the City.
Once an area has been selected, staff will meet with SCE to assess the
feasibility of the proposed area. Once approved by SCE, staff will prepare an
Engineer's report which provides a detailed description of the boundaries of the
proposed District, and the scope of the work involved. SCE will then determine
the estimated construction cost.
Per Seal Beach Municipal Code Section 9.55, in order to create a District, a public
hearing and noticing the affected property owners of the proposed District is
required.
Once the approved resolution has been adopted, SCE will initiate the design and
enter the project into the master Rule 20A schedule. SCE will then administer the
construction and complete the project.
In order to select the next District, staff is proposing the establishment of a scoring
system to prioritize potential areas. This system is based upon different criteria to
essentially illustrate the entire City's needs in comparing the highest priority. Criteria
would include, but is not limited to, traffic counts, high visibility areas, and gap
closures. The Rule 20A program is designed to be subjective with judgment being
displayed by the agency expending the funds. Additionally, residents have
requested an objective, unbiased scoring system. The proposed scoring criteria
system is not perfect as it attempts to make a subjective program scored
objectively. The scoring criteria sheet is attached.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
There is no Environmental Impact related to this item.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no Financial Impact related to this item.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file the report and authorize
staff to implement the scoring system using the recommended "Scoring Criteria"
to prioritize projects on the next SCE Rule 20A undergrounding improvement
project.
Page 3
SUBMITTED BY:
Sean P. Crumby,
Assistant City Manager /Publi orks
Prepared by: Michael Ho, City Engineer
Attachments:
NOTED AND APPROVED:
A. Proposed Scoring Criteria Sheet
B. SCE letter dated May 17, 2011
C. SCE Rule 20 Policy
D. City of Seal Beach General Plan Circulation Element
E. Tsunami Evacuation Map
City of Seal Beach
Department of Public Works
Proposed Underground Utility District
Scoring Criteria
STREET NAME:
LIMITS TO:
FROM:
TOPIC POINTS
Residential Request 1 —Yes
0 — No /1
Gap Closure 1 —Yes
0 — No /1
Area of Significance
1 —within Y2 mile of
School /Essential Facility
0 —No
/1
Distribution Line
1 —Yes
0 — No
/1
Average Daily Traffic
5 +40,000
4 39,000 - 20,000
3 19,000 - 10,000
2 9,000 - 1,000
1 900- 500
0 less than 499
/5
Residential Area
1 —Yes
0 — No
/1
Emergency Significance
1 —Yes
0 — No
/1
TOTAL POINTS /11
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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An EDISON INTERNATIONALS Company
May 17, 2011
Jenelle F roisland . ,
Region Manager
Local Public Affairs
REG.EIVED
MAY 2 5 2011
Ms. Jill Ingram
City Manager
City of Seal Beach
211 8 th Street
Seal Beach, CA 90740
Dear Ms. Ingram:
City Manager's Office
As I shared with you earlier this year, Southern California Edison (SCE) has filed with the California Public
Utilities Commission (CPUC) its annual report of the Company's budget for capital spending under tariff
Rule 20A, conversion of overhead electric facilities to underground. For calendar year 2011, that budget is
$34,107,143, inclusive of applicable overheads.
Pursuant to the formula set out in Rule 20A, the portion of this amount allocated to the City of Seal Beach is
$87,877.00. Under the tariff, allocations not committed to a qualifying project in one year are carried over to
the next year. As of this writing, Seal Beach's allocation balance is $744,514.00.
CPUC Decision D.0I -12 -009 codified the opportunity for local governments to "mortgage" their current
year's allocation up to an additional five years in order to be able to undertake a qualifying Rule 20A project
sooner than they otherwise could.
In accordance with D.01 -12 -009, and when requested by you, SCE will meet with you and community
residents every six months to report on pending projects and every other month to report on projects in
construction. The Decision requires local government to give notice of the meetings and provide the venue.
Please feel free to call on me at any time to schedule such a community meeting, if you have any questions
about Rule 20A, or on any other matters affecting our service to you.
Sincerely,
Frolsland
Manager
Cc: Tony Mathis, Rule 20 Program Manager
Tina L. Taverner, LGA/Rule 20 Committee Chair
7333 Bolsa Ave.
Westminster, CA 92683
(714) 895 -0271 PAX 54271
Jenelle.FroisIand@sce.com
M EDISON
Southern California Edison Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 31867 -E
Rosemead, California (U 338 -E) Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 23018 -E
Rule 20 Sheet 1
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
A. SCE will, at its expense, replace its existing overhead electric facilities with underground electric
facilities along public streets and roads, and on public lands and private property across which
rights -of -way satisfactory to SCE have been obtained by SCE, provided that:
The governing body of the city or county in which such electric facilities are and will be
located has:
a. Determined, after consultation with SCE and after holding public hearings on
the subject, that such undergrounding is in the general public interest for one or
more of the following reasons:
(1) Such undergrounding will avoid or eliminate an unusually heavy
concentration of overhead electric facilities;
(2) The street or road or right -of -way is extensively used by the general
public and carries a heavy volume of pedestrian or vehicular traffic; (T)
(3) The street or road or right -of -way adjoins or passes through a civic
area or public recreation area or an area of unusual scenic interest to
the general public; or (T)
(4) The street or road or right -of -way is considered an arterial street or (N)
major collector road, as defined in the Governor's Office of Planning
and Research General Plan Guidelines. (N)
b. Adopted an ordinance creating an underground district in the area in which both
the existing and new facilities are and will be located requiring, among other
things, (1) that all existing overhead communication and electric distribution
facilities in such district shall be removed, (2) that each property served from
such electric overhead facilities shall have installed in accordance with SCE's
rules for underground service, all electrical facility changes on the premises
necessary to receive service from the underground facilities of SCE as soon as
it is available, and (3) authorizing SCE to discontinue its overhead service.
(Contin
(To be inserted by utility)
Advice 1643 -E
Decision 01 -12 -009
1C13
Issued by
John R. Fielder
Senior Vice President
(To be inserted by Cal. PUC)
Date Filed Jul 26, 2002
Effective Sep 4, 2002
Resolution E -3767
SLNRUERN GLIIURNI
EDISON
ERISW In'1ER'ITIONI CwnPn,
Southern California Edison
Rosemead, California (U 338 -E)
Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 23019 -E
Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 12201 -E
Rule 20 Sheet 2
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
A. (Continued)
(Continued)
2. SCE's total annual budgeted amount for undergrounding within any city or the
unincorporated area of any county shall be allocated as follows:
a. The amount allocated to each city and county in 1990 shall be the highest of:
The amount allocated to the city or county in 1989, which amount shall
be allocated in the same ratio that the number of overhead meters in
such city or unincorporated area of any county bears to the total
system overhead meters; or
2. The amount the city or county would receive if SCE's total annual
budgeted amount for undergrounding provided in 1989 were allocated
in the same ratio that the number of overhead meters in each city or
the unincorporated area of each county bears to the total system
overhead meters based on the latest count of overhead meters
available prior to establishing the 1990 allocations; or
3. The amount the city or county would receive if SCE's total annual
budgeted amount for undergrounding provided in 1989 were allocated
as follows:
a. Fifty percent of the budgeted amount allocated in the same
ratio that the number of overhead meters in any city or the
unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system
overhead meters; and
b. Fifty percent of the budgeted amount allocated in the same
ratio that the total number of meters in any city or the
unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system
meters.
nued
(To be inserted by utility)
Advice 1268 -E -B
Decision 97 -10 -087
2C2
Issued by
John R. Fielder
Senior Vice President
(To be inserted by Cal. PUC)
Date Filed May 11, 1998
Effective Jan 4, 1998
Resolution
wNHERN c MORN
LJ EDISON
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Southern California Edison Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 23020 -E
Rosemead, California (U 338 -E) Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 12202 -E
Rule 20 Sheet 3
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
A. (Continued)
(Continued)
(Continued)
Except as provided in Section 2.c., the amount allocated for undergrounding
within any city or the unincorporated area of any county in 1991 and later years
shall use the amount actually allocated to the city or county in 1990 as the
base, and any changes from the 1990 level in SCE's total annual budgeted
amount for undergrounding shall be allocated to individual cities and counties
as follows:
Fifty percent of the change from the 1990 total budgeted amount shall
be allocated in the same ratio that the number of overhead meters in
any city or unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system
overhead meters.
2. Fifty percent of the change from the 1990 total budgeted amount shall
be allocated in the same ratio that the total number of meters in any
city of the unincorporated area of any county bears to the total system
meters.
C. When a city incorporates, resulting in a transfer of utility meters from the
unincorporated area of a county to the city, there shall be a permanent transfer
of a prorata portion of the county's 1990 allocation base referred to in Section
2.b. to the city. The amount transferred shall be determined:
Fifty percent based on the ratio that the number of overhead meters in
the city bears to the total system overhead meters; and
2. Fifty percent based on the ratio that the total number of meters in the
city bears to the total system meters.
When territory is annexed to an existing city, it shall be the
responsibility of the city and county affected, in consultation with SCE
serving the territory, to agree upon an amount of the 1990 allocation
base that will be transferred from the county to the city, and thereafter
to jointly notify SCE in writing.
(To be inserted by utility)
Advice 1268 -E -B
Decision 97 -10 -087
X2
Issued by
John R. Fielder
Senior Vice President
(To be inserted by Cal. PUC)
Date Filed May 11, 1998
Effective Jan 4, 1998
Resolution
SUUI..E.. GuroR
EDISON
wn EO�SOw /wTfwwAi /Ong +L Cemp'q
Southern California Edison
Rosemead, California (U 338 -E)
Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 31868 -E
Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 23021 -E
Rule 20 Sheet 4
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
A. (Continued)
(Continued)
2. (Continued)
However, Section 2.a, b, and c, shall not apply to any utility where the total
amount available for allocation under Rule 20 -A is equal to or greater than 1.5
times the previous year's statewide average on a per customer basis. In such
cases, SCE's total annual budgeted amount for undergrounding within any city
or the unincorporated area of any county shall be allocated in the same ratio
that the number of overhead meters in the city or unincorporated area of any
county bears to the total system overhead meters.
e. Upon request by a city or county, the amounts allocated may be exceeded for
each city or county by an amount up to a maximum of five years' allocation at
then - current levels where SCE establishes that participation on a project is
warranted and resources are available. Such allocated amount may be carried
over for a reasonable period of time in communities with active undergrounding
programs. In order to qualify as a community with an active undergrounding
program, the governing body must have adopted an ordinance or ordinances
creating an underground district and /or districts as set forth in Section A.1.b. of
this Rule. Where there is a carry-over or additional requested participation as
discussed above, SCE has the right to set, as determined by its capability,
reasonable limits on the rate of performance of the work to be financed by the
funds carried over. When amounts are not expended or carried over for the
community to which they are initially allocated, they shall be assigned when
additional participation on a project is warranted or be reallocated to
communities with active undergrounding programs.
ntin
(C)
I
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(C)
(C)
(C)
(To be inserted by utility)
Advice 1643 -E
Decision 01 -12 -009
4C15
Issued by
John R. Fielder
Senior Vice President
(To be inserted by Cal. PUC)
Date Filed Jul 26, 2002
Effective Sep 4, 2002
Resolution E -3767
E
n / nTE /I.' /TIOVL tampon,
Southern California Edison
Rosemead, California (U 338 -E)
Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 26177 -E
Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 23022 -E
Rule 20 Sheet 5
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
A. (Continued)
(Continued)
The undergrounding extends for a minimum distance of one block or 600 feet,
whichever is the lesser.
Upon request of the governing body, SCE will pay from the existing allocation of that
entity for:
a. The installation of no more than 100 feet of each customer's underground
electric service lateral occasioned by the undergrounding, and /or
b. The conversion of a customer's meter panel to accept underground service
occasioned by the undergrounding, excluding permit fees.
SCE or the governing body may establish a lesser allowance, or may otherwise limit the amount
of money to be expended on a single customer's electric service, or the total amount to be
expended on all electric service installations in a particular project.
B. In circumstances other than those covered by A above, SCE will replace its existing overhead
electric facilities with underground electric facilities along public streets and roads or other
locations mutually agreed upon when requested by an applicant or applicants when all of the
following conditions are met:
a. All property owners served from the overhead facilities to be removed first
agree in writing to have the wiring changes made on their premises so that
service may be furnished from the underground distribution system in
accordance with SCE's rules and that SCE may discontinue its overhead
service upon completion of the underground facilities, or
b. Suitable legislation is in effect requiring such necessary wiring changes to be
made and authorizing SCE to discontinue its overhead service.
ntin
(To be inserted by utility)
Advice 1399 -E
Decision
Issued by
John R. Fielder
Senior Vice President
(To be inserted by Cal. PUC)
Date Filed Aug 23, 1999
Effective Oct 2, 1999
Resolution
5C3
SIHRHERN -FOR -
EDISON
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Southern California Edison
Rosemead, California (U 338 -E)
Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 31869 -E*
Cancelling Revised Cal. PUC Sheet No. 31093 -E
Rule 20 Sheet 6
REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD WITH UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES
B. (Continued)
2. The applicant has:
(Continued)
a. Furnished and installed the pads and vaults for transformers and associated
equipment, conduits, ducts, boxes, pole bases and performed other work
related to structures and substructures including breaking of pavement,
trenching, backfilling, and repaving required in connection with the installation of
the underground system, all in accordance with SCE's specifications, or, in lieu
thereof, paid SCE to do so;
b. Transferred ownership of such facilities, in good condition, to SCE; and
C. Paid a nonrefundable sum equal to the excess, if any, of the estimated costs,
including transformers, meters, and services, of completing the underground
system and building a new equivalent overhead system. The cost of removal of
the overhead poles, lines, and facilities are the responsibility of SCE and will be
paid by SCE. Such payments shall not operate to reduce Rule 20.A
allocations.
3. The area to be undergrounded includes both sides of a street for at least one block or
600 feet, whichever is the lesser, and all existing overhead communication and electric
distribution facilities within the area will be removed.
(N)
4. SCE may, when requested and authorized by the city or county and mutually agreed
upon by such government entity and SCE, initially fund any required
engineering /design costs for conversion projects under this section. In the event such
a project proceeds, the requesting city or county shall reimburse SCE for such
engineering /design costs before SCE shall be required to commence further work on
the project. In the event the project is not approved to proceed within two and one -
half years of SCE's delivery of such engineering /design study, the requesting city or
county shall reimburse SCE for its costs of such engineering /design study within 90
days of a demand by SCE. In the event a city or county does not reimburse SCE
within 90 days of its demand for reimbursement, SCE shall be permitted to expense
such costs as an operational cost and shall reduce the city or county's allocations (N)
provided under Section A of this Schedule by the like amount.
C. In circumstances other than those covered by A or B above, when mutually agreed upon by
SCE and an applicant, overhead electric facilities may be replaced with underground electric
facilities, provided the applicant requesting the change pays, in advance, a non - refundable sum
equal to the estimated cost of the underground facilities less the estimated net salvage value
and depreciation of the replaced overhead facilities. Underground services will be installed and
maintained as provided in SCE's rules applicable thereto.
D. The term "underground electric system" means an electric system with all wires installed
underground, except those wires in surface mounted equipment enclosures.
(To be inserted by utility)
Advice 1643 -E
Decision 01 -12 -009
Issued by
John R. Fielder
Senior Vice President
(To be inserted by Cal. PUC)
Date Filed Jul 26, 2002
Effective Sep 4, 2002
Resolution E -3767
6C16
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