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City and TEP agree to 'letter of intent,' start public engagement on energy collaboration and reserve November ballot placeholder
Summary
City staff and Tucson Electric Power circulated a letter of intent and launched a public engagement process April 22 on a new franchise, an energy collaboration agreement and a Donna Liggins microgrid pilot; council approved a November ballot placeholder to preserve the option of a franchise vote.
City staff reported April 22 that the city and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) have exchanged a letter of intent laying out mutual commitments to continue good‑faith negotiations on a new franchise agreement, an energy collaboration agreement (ECA) and near‑term pilot projects including a Donna Liggins microgrid pilot and a city green tariff for municipal operations.
What the letter of intent frames - The letter of intent summarizes the parties’ intent to negotiate: (1) the franchise that governs a utility’s use of city right‑of‑way; (2) an ECA that would specify collaborative climate and resilience commitments (for example clean energy procurement, resilience projects and community benefits); (3) a pilot battery‑energy storage / microgrid project at the Donna Liggins site; and (4) a green tariff allowing the city to buy a fixed percent of renewable power for municipal…
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