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File #: 26-348    Version: 1
Type: Environmental & Utility Services Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/24/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/7/2026 Final action:
Title: Willow Rock Long Duration Energy Storage Agreement.
Attachments: 1. Memorandum

...Title

Willow Rock Long Duration Energy Storage Agreement.

...Recommendations

Adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of the Energy Department or their designee to negotiate and execute the following two related agreements for the procurement of a share of the GEM A-CAES LLC (Willow Rock) long-duration storage project, with any non-material modifications developed, as appropriate, in consultation with the City Attorney, and subject to the annual appropriation of funds, in an amount not to exceed $3,960,000 annually and $79,200,000 in aggregate in Calendar Years 2030 through 2050:

(a) Project Participation Share Agreement between California Community Power, the City of San José, CleanPowerSF, Peninsula Clean Energy, Redwood Coast Energy Authority, Silicon Valley Clean Energy, and Valley Clean Energy; and

(b) Buyer Liability Pass Through Agreement between California Community Power, GEM A-CAES LLC (or its affiliate), and the City of San José.

CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-003, Agreements/Contracts (New or Amended) resulting in no physical changes to the environment. (Energy)