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File #: 26-349    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: San Diego Community Power Resource Adequacy Trade.
Attachments: 1. Memorandum

...Title

San Diego Community Power Resource Adequacy Trade.

...Recommendations

Adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of the Energy Department or their designee to negotiate and execute two agreements, one to purchase and one to sell resource adequacy, with any non-material modifications developed, as appropriate, in consultation with the City Attorney, and subject to the annual appropriation of funds:

(a) Under the first agreement, the City of San José shall purchase resource adequacy from San Diego Community Power from a new solar plus battery storage facility for 10 years, beginning no later than January 1, 2029, with an annual not to exceed amount of $4,320,000, and an aggregate not to exceed amount of $43,200,000; and

(b) Under the second agreement, the City of San José shall sell resource adequacy to San Diego Community Power from a natural gas-fired combined cycle generating facility for 10 years, beginning no later than January 1, 2029, with an annual not to exceed amount of $4,770,000, and an aggregate not to exceed amount of $47,700,000.

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