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Board hears proposal to limit electricity-price risk and pursue solar, EV infrastructure
Summary
Administrators and an energy consultant told the board the district’s electricity contract expires next June and recommended a procurement approach that passes through capacity charges while fixing other supply components; the board was also briefed on solar and EV grant funding under consideration.
District staff and an outside energy consultant advised the Board of Education that the district’s electricity and natural-gas contracts expire in mid-2026 and outlined choices for renewal to limit exposure to sharply higher capacity costs. The board heard a recommendation to fix energy components except for capacity and transmission — a structure that would pass capacity charges through at market prices while fixing the other elements of supply. Seth Crackle, an energy consultant from NANIA, told the board the district’s current all-in electricity supply rate is about 5.7¢ per kilowatt-hour and that the market’s capacity…
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