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May 13, 2015 ADDENDUM 1 Project: Warwick Valley CSD Solar Power System

Owner: Warwick Valley CSD 225 West Street Ext Warwick, NY 10990 Engineer: Eisenbach & Ruhnke Engineering, P.C. 291 Genesee Street Utica, NY 13501 E&R Project #: 15003A THE FOLLOWING CHANGES, DELETIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS SHALL BECOME AND ARE HEREBY MADE PART OF THE RFP. THEY CHANGE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS ONLY IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT STATED.

ITEM #1 – The Meeting Minutes from the Walk-though are attached. ITEM #2 – The electric bills are attached. ITEM #3 – The site location plan is attached.

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PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING MINUTES

WARWICK VALLEY CENTRALSCHOOL DISTRICT

SOLAR POWER PROJECT

Date: May 12, 2015

Time: 2 PM

Attendance

Jack Eisenbach Eisenbach & Ruhnke Engineering

Steve Salvato Warwick Valley Central School District

Patrick Canning Borrego Solar

Aaron Silverman Borrego Solar

Achilles Tzoulafis Infinity Solar Systems

Brian Hennessey American Capital Energy

Travis Boylan Zerodraft

Craig Knorr Solar Liberty

Joshua Thomas Positive Energy

Joseph Ponzo Siemens

Philip Stone HESP Solar

Daniel Grohman HESP Solar

Matthew Furdyna Ameresco

Ian Diamond Solar City

Ben Dickerson Solar Project Solutions

John Cain Con Ed Solutions

Pedro Duarte Con Ed Solutions

Ori Shmul Con Ed Solutions

Jeff Gorman SunEdison

Notes

1. The meeting opened with Jack Eisenbach providing a description of the project. The goal of

the District is to zero net meter the District electric bill or as close as possible to the zero.

2. The system will be a ground mount system at the Sanfordville Elementary School.

3. The system will be a pre-meter system, tying into the grid.

4. There are two options, a PPA or a single item EPC.

a. Under the PPA option, the vendor will own the equipment and be responsible for all

maintenance.

b. Under the EPC option, the District will finance the work and it will technically be

owned by the District. The financing would be over 15 years and the project would be

eligible for NYS Building Aid of 52% in addition to all rebates. The project must have

a simple payback under this option of less than 18 years. If anyone has further

questions about how an EPC works, please contact Jack Eisenbach @ (315) 335-1103.

5. The solar field will be surrounded by a fence and the vendor will be responsible for all

maintenance inside the fence line including mowing or weed control.

6. The size of the system is to be determined by the vendors. The District used about 4.5 million

KWH in the baseline year.

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7. The cost per kwh currently is on the bills.

8. The PPA option does not require prevailing wages to be paid. The EPC option does require

prevailing wages.

9. The engineering fees include all construction costs including equipment on site. It will not

include any utility interconnect charges.

10. Delete the reference in the RFP to reducing energy use. The solar field will replace existing

use with the solar generated power.

11. The financing interest rate to be used is 3.5% for the EPC.

12. The energy inflation rate to be used is 2%.

13. Delete the requirement to provide references for 10 SED projects. Provide references for 5

solar projects.

14. The PPA will not require bonds.

15. The District will not charge rent for the land used for the solar field.

16. There is no Buy American clause. Equipment can be purchased from any source as long as it

is quality materials.

17. The site was visited where the solar field will go. The only areas to be avoided are the

revolutionary war cemetery and campground. It is near route 94.

18. The district and E&R will review all proposals received and determine who will give the best

deal for the District. It is anticipated that three to five vendors will be short listed and

interviewed.

19. The selected vendor will then work with the District to put plans together.

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