Council approves new task order for microgrid grant work, staff explain previous $25,000 application outcome

Oct 22, 2025

Council authorized a new task order with the city's energy consultant to pursue a tranche-2 CPUC/PG&E microgrid grant focused on the airport; staff clarified the prior $25,000 application was written but the award was not granted and that most of the prior funds were spent on application work.

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The Oroville City Council approved a new task order with its energy consultant to pursue another round of CPUC/PG&E-funded microgrid grant funding, this time focused on the airport site. Council’s discussion reviewed the history: an earlier contract (about $70,000) expired and the city received a $25,000 reimbursement for work on a previous microgrid application, but staff said most of that $25,000 was used to pay the consultant to prepare the application and the city was not awarded the earlier grant.

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