EXHIBIT 3-A

 

TAC RISK ASSESSMENT of 3 DESALS

2ND DRAFT 5/21/2012

 

PART I:      Cost data needed before assessment is possible.  Some data is included, but more work is needed.

PART II:     High priority concerns for success of desal only.       

 

Priority scale:      1=high risk

                                       2=medium risk

                                       3=low risk

                                       ? = inadequate information

 

Make any other notations you find useful.  This is a tool. 

 

PART I

Cal Am

DeepWater

Peoples

E.  9000afy COST & FINANCING

9,000 afy

9,000afy

9,000afy

    1.  Capital costs (for product water & transmission to Cal Am pick up in Seaside)

 

$260M

*10,200afy size  $139M

*10,700 afy size

$108.65M w/o solar

    2.  Financing, carrying costs

 

 

Mixed with portfolio

Pub Act Bds @4-5.5%m 30 yrs, +SRF

3.5%, 30 yrs

    3.  Total cost to construct & deliver to Cal Am

 

 

 

 

    4.  Desal cost/afy

 

 

$5000?

$1943afy

$1922

    5.  O&M total costs/yr

 

 

$12.76M

 

$4M + $5.35M = $9.35M?

       5a.  Energy alone

 

 

$6.5M/yr  mixed sources

$3.9M to 6.1/yr  At-the-fence discount

$2.5M to 5M/yr  solar option

    6.  O&M Cost/afy

 

 

 

 

 

    7.  Total annual cost/afy

 

 

 

 

F.  5400afy COST & FINANCING

5400AFY

5400AFY

5400AFY

    1.  Capital costs  (for product water & transmission to Cal Am pick up in Seaside)

 

$213M

 

$85.65M

w/o solar

    2.  Financing, carrying costs

 

 

 

 

 

    3.  Total cost to construct & deliver to Cal Am

 

 

 

 

    4.  Cost/afy

 

 

 

$1436afy

    5.  O&M total costs/yr

 

 

$20.35M

 

$2.5M + $3.24M = $5.74M ?

       5A  Energy alone

 

$4.65M

 

$14M solar option

    6.  O&M Cost/afy

 

 

 

 

    7.  Total annual cost/afy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    8.  Assumptions re public bond financing

 

SRF only

 

3.5%, 30 yrs

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

PART II

Cal Am

DeepWater

Peoples

A.  TECHNICAL

 

 

 

    1.  Source water: rights

 

Slant wells

100 ft open ocean

Surface open ocean

    2.  Pre-treatment, water quality

 

 

 

 

    3.  Discharge

 

 

 

 

   4.   Proven technology

 

 

 

 

    5.  Permits for technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.  SCHEDULE

 

 

 

    1.  EIR, full or less

 

partial

full

full

    2.  Permits; difficulty

 

 

 

 

    3.  Litigation risks, potential

 

 

 

 

    4.  Site control, easements

 

None, unknown

partial

yes

    5.  Date to deliver

 

56 months, Jan 2017

55 months, Dec 2016

44 months, 

Jan 2016

 

 

 

 

 

C.  COMMUNITY CONCERNS

 

 

 

   1.   Public ownership  

 

No

Yes

Yes

    2.  Governance structure

none

Wants JPA

Wants city, agency or JPA

   

 

 

 

 

D.  Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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