Networked Geothermal Systems Financing and Operations Study

The vendor is required to provide financing and operations study to determine ideal financing, operation and maintenance, and ownership model for networked geothermal systems.
- Potential ownership models include, but are not limited to:
•    Municipal ownership
•    State ownership
•    Investor-owned utility ownership
•    Private ownership
•    A system with blended ownership by any combination of the municipality, the state, investor-owned utilities, or private entities.
- The enabling legislation and any pertinent regulations for financial, ownership, and O&M decision-making
•    Federal and state tax considerations would be applicable to different ownership models.
•    Types of financial model would be most advantageous for the city of consider along the spectrum of complete municipal ownership, partial municipal ownership with outsourced services, to private and utility-owned with municipal involvement. 
•    Operating and maintenance model options, pros and cons, cost estimates 
•    Permitting process and cost estimates for 1-3 sites listed in the electrification and networked geothermal feasibility study (central hill + any, all, or neither of the other two sites
•    Different ownership structures accommodate waste heat recovery infrastructure that would interact with existing city-owned or resource authority-owned wastewater infrastructure. 
•    Assessing willingness of this as applicable through. 
•    Financing and investment opportunities.
- Requirements
•    A description of the scope, workplan, and timeline for the work. 
•    A visualization of the workplan we will reference throughout the project. 
•    Summarize criteria and process to be used. 
•    Summarize factors to be included in the selection process, including but not limited to all listed above. 
•    Budget should address the described scope completely for the lowest possible price. 
•    This budget exceeds the proposed budget, please identify your recommended subset to fit our proposed budget. 
- Budget: $55,000

- Questions/Inquires Deadline: November 4, 2025