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ice% CORP 9!G-383-6010 r� S ACC RA1\ 1'ENTO NI'IUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT RFP NO. 040300 -RM •. i it z - rUINM 2.1 GENERAL: The Sacramento Municipal Utility District, hereinafter referred to as the District is soliciting proposals for Professional services on as -needed basis for ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY SUPPORT SERVICES from September 15, 2004 to September 14, 2007, for a total amount not -to- exceed $900,000. 2.2. INFORMATION ABOUT TIRE DISTRICT: The District is an independent, customer - owned utility established in 1923 under the California Municipal Utility District Act by a vote of the electorate. Districts formed under this Act have broad powers to acquire, construct, own and operate facilities to supply light, water, heat, power, and other services. The District's primary activity is the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power from hydroelectric, combustion turbines, wind turbine, and solar photovoltaic resources with an aggregate capacity of 1, 196.8megawatts. The District also purchases power fi-om other utilities. In addition, the District is responsible for the decommissioning of its nuclear power plant, Rancho Seco. The District serves Sacramento County and part of Placer County, a 900 square mile service area comprising over 1,200,000 people. The District has assets totaling $32 billion and annual revenues of approximately $600 million. Electricity sales in 2000 were 9.62 billion kilowatt hours and the peak load was 2,688 megawatts. The District is governed by a seven -member Board of Directors elected by the District's customer -owners. The Board of Directors has full power to establish rates charged for services. The Directors have established the policy of setting rates based on cost of providing service. Such rates are not subject to review or regulation by any other governmental agency. The District's generating facilities, which have an aggregate generating capacity of 1,196 MW, consist of eight hydroelectric powerhouses, four combustion turbines, wind turbinc, and solar photovoltaic facilities. Since the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station was permanently shut down by a popular referendum in 1989, the District has depended on power purchases for the remainder of its energy and capacity needs. A 500 MW combustion turbine power plant, Cosumnes Power Plant, is under construction at the Rancho Seco site. 2.3 SCOPE OF SERVICES. The Proposer shall provide all labor, material, and equipment required to meet the following needs: 2.3.1 The District is in need of the services to augment the District's professional Environmental staff in the conduct of the District's environmental programs. These programs include, but are not limited to obtaining and reporting supporting documentation for submittals required by the California Envirorunental Quality Act (CEQA) or the Warren-Alquist Act (California Energy Commission CEQA equivalent program) or other Resource Agency permitting, addressed below. 2.3.2 Work will be authorized "as needed" on written task order, issued by the Contract Manager. 2-1 RFP 5ervices.dot RF11040300RM.doc p.2