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Mesa presents integrated resource plan update, highlights solar-plus-battery projects and microgrid grant bid
Summary
City staff told the City Council the updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) emphasizes new renewable purchases, planned battery storage, potential local pilot sites and a pending state resiliency grant that could fund a microgrid to support critical facilities.
City of Mesa Energy & Sustainability Director Scott Boucher and Energy Resources Program Manager Tony Cadorn briefed the City Council on the city’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), outlining recent additions to the utility portfolio and options for local resilience projects.
The IRP is a recurring planning requirement tied to Mesa’s receipt of federal hydroelectric power and is used to set a framework — not a fixed procurement plan — for how the utility evaluates future resources, Scott Boucher said. “We do receive hydroelectric power, and as part of the requirement of receiving that power, we must complete an integrated resource plan,” Boucher said.
The update highlighted three near-term items: a firm renewable energy delivery agreement with Salt River Project (SRP) that will provide 16 megawatts of renewable energy; a previously approved EPCO…
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