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Utilities Advisory Commission backs Palo Alto’s share of 50 MW Trolley battery project
Summary
The UAC voted unanimously to recommend the city buy a 50-megawatt slice of the NCPA ‘Trolley’ battery energy storage project — a 20‑year agreement priced at $12.71 per kilowatt-month — citing portfolio hedging benefits despite construction and policy risks.
The Utilities Advisory Commission on July 9 unanimously recommended that the city join an NCPA-led purchase of a 50‑megawatt slice of the ‘Trolley’ battery energy storage project, a grid-scale, four‑hour battery resource developed by AIPA Energy. The UAC’s vote was 7–0 in favor of staff’s recommendation to proceed with the contract terms negotiated through the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA).
Senior Resource Planner Jim Stack told the commission the project is roughly a 400‑megawatt battery resource in San Bernardino County; NCPA members have tentatively signed about 320 MW of the project and Palo Alto staff proposed a 50 MW share. “The contract price that is in the that we’ve negotiated is $12.71 per kilowatt month,” Stack said. He added that because of federal…
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