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Council pauses approval of NCPA energy-storage service purchase, requests cost scenarios and impacts
Summary
Council pulled a consent item to participate in an NCPA energy‑storage service agreement and voted to have staff return at a future meeting with scenarios showing costs, risks and potential benefits of buying a 1% share (about 3 MW) of a regional battery project.
The council stopped short of finalizing a utility agreement to buy into a regional battery-storage project and asked staff to return with clearer cost scenarios and operational examples.
Background and what was proposed Staff explained that the city was asked to join an energy-storage service agreement for a Trolley Pass Project LLC battery facility being assembled by the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA). Under the current proposal the city would take a small share (described by staff as roughly 1% of the facility), equal to…
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