Author: Eric Palmer

RFP Opportunity – Feasibility Analysis of the Monterey Microgrid and Renewable Energy Projects

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You are invited to bid on consulting services culminating in a Feasibility Report for Monterey One Water (M1W) and the Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD), including:

1. Organics-to-Energy Study: Evaluate available energy and value of waste materials and byproducts, including sludge, food waste, and other organic wastes.
2. Monterey Microgrid Pre-Design: Analyze the existing and future energy needs of M1W and MRWMD to recommend a microgrid configuration for onsite renewable energy sources.
3. Economic Justice Analysis: Develop a 20-year financial plan including anticipated cash flow for the project alternatives selected from the feasibility studies above.

Firms may submit a proposal on one or any of the three work studies described above.

Monterey One Water will receive bids electronically through Procure until the closing deadline of Monday, August 1, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.

A mandatory pre-proposal and site meeting will be held on July 7, 2022 at 11 a.m.

Related documents:
Attachment A – Existing Operations Snapshot
Attachment B – Table of Waste Feedstocks and Waste Byproducts
Attachment C – EPA – Monterey One Water Grant – Work Plan and Budget Narratives
Attachment D – Conceptual Vision Summary Sheet
Attachment E – M1W Cogen Electricity
Attachment F – PSA Professional Service Agreement
RFQ-RFP Monterey Microgrid Project with attachments Final

For more information, please contact Yohana Vargas at yohana@my1water.org.

Artist in Residence Installation on May 3-14, 2022

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Taylor Paige Prentiss, a Visual and Public Art (VPA) senior at California State University, Monterey Bay, has been selected to be the 2022 Artist in Residence (AIR) at the Monterey Regional Waste Management (MRWMD). The AIR Program is a partnership between MRWMD, CSUMB’s VPA department and the Last Chance Mercantile. Since 2016, student artists from CSUMB are selected for a fellowship at MRWMD. The artists work in the yard at Last Chance Mercantile. While on-site, they salvage for discarded materials in the store as well as the Materials Recovery Facility that processes the community’s recyclable items. Their discoveries are then upcycled into meaningful art.

Paige will present her project, “Home: The Things We Carry”, at a special installation from May 3-14 at Last Chance Mercantile, located at the MRWMD, 14201 Del Monte Avenue, north of Marina, in unincorporated Monterey County. The installation can be viewed during store hours, Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The public is invited to a reception and meet-and-greet on Thursday, May 5 at 2 p.m. Paige will exhibit, discuss her work, and answer questions.

Taylor Paige Prentiss is a mixed media artist from Los Angeles. Her mediums include sculpture, illustration, digital art and photography. She will graduate with a B.A. in Visual and Public Art from CSUMB this May.

Artist in Residence Invitation

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