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Supervisors back negotiations for county solar power purchase agreements to boost renewables
Summary
The board directed staff to negotiate power purchase agreements (PPAs) for multiple county solar projects after staff outlined costs and timing; board approved moving forward with PPAs rather than immediate county ownership due to capital constraints.
Santa Barbara — The Board of Supervisors on March 4 directed county staff to move forward with negotiating power purchase agreements for a package of county solar projects after an in-depth staff presentation on costs, interconnection deadlines and project options.
General Services and Energy Division staff presented eight candidate solar sites, including ground-mounted arrays and parking canopies at facilities such as the Northern Branch Jail, Foster Road campus, Cachuma and Calle Real campus. Staff compared ownership…
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