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Power Through
Firm Proposal
City of Port Arthur –Civic Center
Greg Guilbeau
Sr. Technical Sales
Entergy Power Through
337-309-1480
August 12, 2025
Highly sensitive, confidential and proprietary
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Power Through Solution
Energy resilience and cost sharing solution
Power Through is an innovative energy resilience service that allows you
to secure backup power generation at a shared cost and with no upfront
capital investment.
Port Arthur
Generator
Grid
Back Office
I
METER
TRANSFER SWITCH
GATEWAY
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Value Proposition
Standard Offering Details
•No Upfront Costs
•O&M Included in monthly rate
•100 kW – 10 MW
•In-front-of-meter interconnect
•Natural gas costs included
•Monthly payment added to monthly bill
•Non-Residential Customers
Cost of solution: Total upfront cost
+ lifetime O&M & overheads
System Value: Avoided capacity value
(Cost for Entergy to build new large scale
generating unit)
Host share of generator cost
A
B
C
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Participant Cost Calculation
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Proposal:
Peak Historical Demand: 361 kW
Located at:
3401 Cultural Center Dr
Port Arthur, Tx 77642
500 kW Natural Gas Generator
Sound Attenuated Enclosure (~72 dB @ 23ft)
Gas Service (Texas Gas)
Turnkey Solution (ARCCO)
800A 277/480v ATS
Grid-Synchronous Automatic Transfer
Switch (Supply Response):
1.Entergy Outage - 10 Sec Transfer
2.Entergy Grid - Blink free Transfer
Project lead time ~?? weeks post-
Agreement execution
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Projected Monthly Cost
•The host customer’s financial
responsibility is not to be paid upfront, but
paid monthly, per the Utility Owned
Distributed Generation Rider (UODG).
UODG is approved by ETI.
•Monthly payment will have capital
recovery and post-recovery period
components.
•The capital recovery period will be paid
over a term of Port Arthur’s choosing,
from 1 to 20 years. Three term options
shown here for illustrative purposes
only.
•Upon completion of capital recovery
period, ongoing monthly cost will drop to
the O & M component only (post-recovery
period) cost as shown.
3401 Cultural Center Dr, Port Arthur, Tx - Account# - 139174270 - Peak Historical Demand 361 kW (10/2020)
Generator size (kW) (Backup Nameplate Rating)500
Projected Total Installed (Capital) Costs $957,017
Host (Port Arthur Civic Center) Cost Allocation 50.67%
Host (Port Arthur Civic Center) Allocation of Total Installed Cost $484,904
Capital Recovery Period Options*:
20 Year Term - Customer Monthly Payment $4,762
10 Year Term - Customer Monthly Payment $6,697
1 Year Term - Customer Monthly Payment $44,340
Post-Recovery Period - Customer Monthly Payment $727
8/11/2025
Port Arthur Civic Center: Potential Power Through Solution Summary
BASED ON ARCCO FIRM COST ESTIMATE & PROPOSED UODG RATE SCHEDULE
*20, 10 & 1-Year Term Options shown for illustrative purposes. Host Customer to select Recovery Term of 1 to 20 years.
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Projected Monthly Cost
•The host customer’s financial
responsibility is not to be paid upfront, but
paid monthly, per the Utility Owned
Distributed Generation Rider (UODG).
UODG is approved by ETI.
•Monthly payment will have capital
recovery and post-recovery period
components.
•The capital recovery period will be paid
over a term of Port Arthur’s choosing,
from 1 to 20 years. Three term options
shown here for illustrative purposes
only.
•Upon completion of capital recovery
period, ongoing monthly cost will drop to
the O & M component only (post-recovery
period) cost as shown.
3401 Cultural Center Dr, Port Arthur, Tx - Account# - 139174270 - Peak Historical Demand 361 kW (10/2020)
Generator size (kW) (Backup Nameplate Rating)500
Projected Total Installed (Capital) Costs $1,258,804
Host (Port Arthur Civic Center) Cost Allocation 61.63%
Host (Port Arthur Civic Center) Allocation of Total Installed Cost $775,744
Capital Recovery Period Options*:
20 Year Term - Customer Monthly Payment $7,618
10 Year Term - Customer Monthly Payment $10,713
1 Year Term - Customer Monthly Payment $70,934
Post-Recovery Period - Customer Monthly Payment $1,164
8/11/2025
Port Arthur Civic Center: Potential Power Through Solution Summary
BASED ON ARCCO FIRM COST ESTIMATE & PROPOSED UODG RATE SCHEDULE
*20, 10 & 1-Year Term Options shown for illustrative purposes. Host Customer to select Recovery Term of 1 to 20 years.
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Equipment Location
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Electrical Schematic - Current
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Electrical Schematic – Power Through Solution
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Next Steps
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✓Vendor site visit / walkdown (if needed)
✓Prepare budgetary vendor proposal & review
1.Await PUCT regulatory approval for Power Through
program
2.…Or request ETI Leadership approval for Pilot
Project using AFC Tariff
3.Firm up vendor proposal
4.Prepare firm vendor proposal
5.Execute customer agreement & ROW documents
6.Execute Power Through project
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Questions?
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