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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMidAmerican_FY26_Parkview_Manor_$50,806.54_Cont_No._1137_-_9.21.26 MidAmerican Energy Attn: Derek Johnson - DMCC PO Box 657 Des Moines, IA 50306 September 9, 2026 City of Waterloo Attention: Jamie Knutson Jamie.Knutson@Waterloo-IA.org Dear Jamie, We are pleased to submit the Electric Distribution System Proposal for Parkview Manor near Upland Drive in Waterloo, IA. MX 6732795. Please sign and return the proposal when you are ready to commit to the work. You may withhold payment until 30 days before MidAmerican Energy Company is ready to schedule the work. Meanwhile, please keep me informed of your schedule. After we have received your payment, we will sign and return a copy of the proposal for your records. Sincerely, MidAmerican Energy Company Derek Johnson Customer Project Coordinator Enclosures: Design Map Docusign Envelope ID: BC8E2C16-1130-854F-8075-F456735987A1 MidAmerican Energy Attn: Derek Johnson - DMCC PO Box 657 Des Moines, IA 50306 MidAmerican Energy Company ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PROPOSAL MX: 6732795 MidAmerican Energy Company, an Iowa Corporation, its successors and assigns and City of Waterloo ("Applicant"), agree as follows: 1. Applicant has platted in the City of Waterloo, Iowa an Official Plat known as Parkview Manor and has divided the same into numbered lots for building purposes as shown in the plat attached hereto. 2. MidAmerican Energy Company furnishes electric service in Waterloo, Iowa and is willing to provide electric service to lots in Parkview Manor and to install underground electric distribution facilities upon the terms and conditions set forth in this proposal. Electric distribution is defined as that utility plant normally operated at fewer than 15,000 volts, constructed on public right-of-way or easements, and normally intended to provide service to more than one customer. Service conductors installed between the distribution system and the customer's point of attachment are not provided for in this proposal. This proposal is valid for 90 days and if MidAmerican Energy Company construction has not commenced within 12 months it may be voided. 3. MidAmerican Energy Company agrees to engage in construction in consideration of the receipt of $50,806.54, which is a Refundable Advance. MidAmerican Energy Company agrees to construct the necessary underground electric distribution facilities as set forth below: a. Install primary and secondary distribution conductors to serve lots one (1) through sixteen (16) within said development. b. Install transformers as required to serve the individual lots. Transformers may be installed at the time of cable installation or, at MidAmerican Energy Company’s option, be installed when individual building construction is started. Costs are included in paragraph 3 above. c. MidAmerican Energy Company will not provide streetlights under the terms of this proposal. 4. Pursuant to MidAmerican Energy Company’s electric tariff, Refundable Advances are paid by the customer prior to construction, and may be refunded in whole or in part based upon the following terms and conditions. Nonrefundable Contributions, which cover expenses such as excess facilities and installation of temporary facilities, are not subject to any refund. If a permit is required for design approval and the local government agency requests a modification of the proposed design, any additional cost incurred will be paid by the applicant and Docusign Envelope ID: BC8E2C16-1130-854F-8075-F456735987A1 MidAmerican Energy Attn: Derek Johnson - DMCC PO Box 657 Des Moines, IA 50306 conversely if the modification results in a lower cost a refund will be issued. If the estimated cost of construction is over $100,000, Applicant is required by tariff to pay actual costs upon completion of the work, which could result in an additional charge or a refund to the Applicant. a. The Refundable Advance is equal to the amount identified in section 3. b. Refundable Advance shall be subject to refund to the Applicant for a ten- year period from the date of the original Refundable Advance payment. c. Refundable Advance shall not accrue interest. d. Refunds shall be made annually on or about the anniversary date of the original advance payment. e. Annual refunds will be based on the number of new customers at the identified lots that have directly connected to the electric distribution expansion in the prior year. The amount refunded will be equal to the estimated three-year base revenue from those customers less any additional costs to extend service to them. Base revenue is equal to estimated annual revenue, less fuel expenses and energy efficiency cost recovery charges, based on revenue received from similarly situated customers. Base revenue amounts to be applied to new customers are re- estimated each year using the most current information available and may adjust upward or downward depending on the circumstances. f. No refunds shall be made for revenue received after ten (10) years from the date of the original advance payment. g. At no time shall the total of refunds exceed the original Refundable Advance payment. h. No refunds shall be made for customers served from a further extension of the above described electric line extension. Distribution System Expansions without end-user attachments shall not be eligible for refunds unless the following circumstances are met: If a Distribution System Expansion connected during the ten-year period off of an already existing Distribution System Expansion, the Revenue Credit shall be applied to the new Expansion first. Any Revenue Credit remaining shall be applied to the connected existing Expansions provided that they have not received a full reimbursements for its Refundable Advance and are within the ten- year attachment period. The Revenue Credit will continue to apply to connected existing Expansions until the Revenue Credit is either exhausted, the ten-year attachment period has closed, or all Refundable Advances have been reimbursed in full. Total refunds for any Expansion Docusign Envelope ID: BC8E2C16-1130-854F-8075-F456735987A1 MidAmerican Energy Attn: Derek Johnson - DMCC PO Box 657 Des Moines, IA 50306 shall not exceed the original Refundable Advance. 5. If the installation is underground and MidAmerican Energy Company is caused by Applicant to work during winter construction season, Applicant agrees to pay the additional costs as a Refundable Advance for all required trenching, bell holes, pedestals and transformer basements. Additional cost incurred for extra work by such conditions as obstructions or changes in grade shall be charged to the developer or applicant. 6. Pursuant to MidAmerican’s tariff, the Applicant is required to pay actual permit fees. Permit fees may not be offset by Revenue Credit and are to be paid regardless of whether the applicant is required to pay a Refundable Advance or a Nonrefundable Contribution. 7. MidAmerican Energy Company, at its option, may install aerial electric facilities to provide temporary electric service to any lot in the development pending the completion of final grading or other permanent improvements to the premises. When such temporary electric service is furnished, the expense of installation and removal, less salvage, shall be paid by the applicant. 8. Nothing herein contained shall obligate MidAmerican Energy Company to extend its electric facilities or provide electric service to the premises or property outside the platted limits of the development. 9. Applicant shall: a. Provide MidAmerican Energy Company with check indicated in paragraph 3. Such payment amount may be subject to change if not submitted to MidAmerican Energy Company together with this signed Proposal by 12/9/2026. b. Grade the underground primary cable route to within four (4) inches of final grade and clear the route of construction materials, obstructions, etc. Extra costs for additional excavation beyond normal trenching operations due to unforeseen underground obstructions shall be paid by Applicant. c. Provide conduit as shown on MidAmerican Energy Company design drawings (as needed) and stake the ends of the conduit. d. Stake all lot corners. e. Provide, without cost to MidAmerican Energy Company, such easements as are necessary and incidental to such installation and use of MidAmerican Energy Company facilities on private property within the development. If a 3rd party easement is required any cost associated in Docusign Envelope ID: BC8E2C16-1130-854F-8075-F456735987A1 MidAmerican Energy Attn: Derek Johnson - DMCC PO Box 657 Des Moines, IA 50306 obtaining the easement will be paid by the Applicant. Applicant will stake these easements. f. Be responsible for locating and marking all privately owned systems such as water services, culverts, irrigation systems, drainpipes, septic lines, and underground wiring prior to MidAmerican Energy Company's construction. g. Provide three (3) copies of committed plat showing all platted easements. h. Be responsible for complying with all aspects of compliance as required by any local, state, or federal permit or plan associated with storm water pollution prevention or erosion control. It is specifically understood and agreed that MidAmerican Energy Company is providing the service requested by the Applicant solely for the Applicant. MidAmerican Energy Company will not become or agree to become a co-permittee or operator for the purpose of applicants’ compliance with any local, state or federal permit or plan associated with storm water pollution prevention or erosion control. i. Agree to indemnify and hold MidAmerican Energy harmless from any and all damages that may result from the non-tamping of backfill operations conducted by MidAmerican Energy. In case any actions brought against MidAmerican Energy or any of its agents or employees, relative to such backfill operations, the applicant shall assume full responsibility for the defense thereof. Upon failure to do so on proper notice, MidAmerican Energy reserves the right to defend such action and charge all costs to the applicant, provided, however, that nothing shall be construed as an assumption of liability by the Applicant for damages and claims attributable to MidAmerican Energy's negligence. 10. Within the area described above, MidAmerican Energy Company will render its standard electric service to customers eligible for such service, at their request, at rates from time to time in effect, subject to the terms of MidAmerican Energy Company's electric service rules and regulations; and statutes, laws, and ordinances; and any rules or regulations promulgated by the state or federal regulatory authorities. It is specifically understood and agreed that any distribution systems or other facilities constructed or installed by MidAmerican Energy Company under terms of this Proposal shall remain the sole property of MidAmerican Energy Company and MidAmerican Energy Company shall determine, as its own judgment indicates, the manner and method of utilization thereof and to extend the same or connect other facilities thereto and serve other customers there from as it shall see fit, subject only to such obligations as MidAmerican Energy Company shall have assumed in this Proposal; and no other person Docusign Envelope ID: BC8E2C16-1130-854F-8075-F456735987A1 MidAmerican Energy Attn: Derek Johnson - DMCC PO Box 657 Des Moines, IA 50306 shall have any right, title, interest, or claim, in or to the said distribution system or other facilities by virtue of any provision of this Proposal. Proposed this 9th day of September, 2026. MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY BY: TITLE: Accepted this day of , 2026. APPLICANT: BY: TITLE: Docusign Envelope ID: BC8E2C16-1130-854F-8075-F456735987A1 Mayor Docusign Envelope ID: BC8E2C16-1130-854F-8075-F456735987A1 Docusign Envelope ID: BC8E2C16-1130-854F-8075-F456735987A1