...Title
Municipal Microgrids Program Funding Approval for Initial Studies to Develop a Power Purchase Agreement to Implement a Suite of Microgrids at Critical City Facilities.
...Recommendations
(a) Adopt a resolution authorizing the use of up to $1,000,000 from the San José Clean Energy Fund for the Public Works Department to hire a consultant(s) to conduct high-level studies and preliminary design plans for a suite of municipal microgrids at City facilities, in preparation for development of a power purchase agreement bid scope.
(b) Adopt the following 2023-2024 Appropriation Ordinance Amendments in the San José Clean Energy Fund:
(1) Establish the Municipal Microgrids Program appropriation to the Public Works Department in the amount of $1,000,000; and
(2) Decrease the Unrestricted Ending Fund Balance by $1,000,000.
CEQA: Statutorily Exempt, File No. PP17-001, CEQA Guidelines Section 15262, Feasibility and Planning Studies. (Public Works/Energy/City Manager)