Consent Item 5
Consent Item 5
To: Ava Community Energy Authority
From: Howard Chang, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Contracts Entered Into
Date: January 21, 2026
_____________________________________________________________________
RECOMMENDATION
Accept the CEO’s report on contracts that Ava Community Energy has entered into, as required by the Administrative Procurement Policy, from December 13th, 2025 through January 12th.
Consent Item 5
Counterparty
Name
Record Name Contract Purpose Contract
Value
Not To
Exceed
Expiration
Date
City State Ironclad
Id
Bayer
HealthCare LLC
First Amendment
to Electricity
Service
Agreement
Minor updates to existing
agreement, including
extension of Term.
N/A N/A 2026-12-
31 Whippany New
Jersey
IC-2250
City of Oakland Amended and
Restated
Charging Station
License
Agreement
Amend and restate existing
agreement for the use of
real property for charging
stations.
N/A N/A 2037-10-
05 Oakland California IC-2129
Clean Energy
Regulatory
Research
October 2025
Amendment to
the Consulting
Services
Agreement
Add $80,000 to the NTE
and extend the Term.
$80,000 $175,000 2026-12-
31 San
Francisco
California IC-2100
Fractal
Business
Analytics, LLC
December 2025
Consulting
Services
Agreement
Fractal will be providing
energy storage consulting
services to Ava
$15,000 $15,000 2027-06-
30 Austin Texas IC-2247
Kitchen
Stadium Inc.
December 2025
Amendment to
the Consulting
Services
Agreement
Extend the term of the
Agreement.
N/A N/A 2026-12-
31 Long Island
City
New York IC-2251
Linda Leung December 2025
Purchase Rider
Provides content strategy
and writing services to
support education and
awareness about
electrification and Ava's
program offerings.
$15,000 $15,000 2026-06-
30 Belmont California IC-2265
Consent Item 5
Omni
Government
Relations, LLC
November 2025
Amendment to
the Consulting
Services
Agreement
Increase NTE and extend
Term.
$120,000 $355,000 2026-12-
31 Sacramento California IC-2243
Ramp Business
Corporation
November 2025
Purchase Rider
Credit Card expense and
reimbursement platform
services
$4,800 $4,800 2026-11-
29 New York New York IC-2113
Ryan Litton December 2025
Purchase Rider
Written content for the
Ava website and marketing
collateral, based on topics
and projects assigned by
Ava
$15,000 $15,000 2026-07-
01 Berlin Germany IC-2266
Sage Knox January 2026
Purchase Rider
Written content for
Marketing team
$15,000 $15,000 2026-06-
30 Missoula Montana IC-2277
Townsend
Public Affairs,
Inc.
November 2025
Amendment to
the Consulting
Services
Agreement
Increase compensation and
extend the Term.
$60,000 $240,000 2026-11-
30 Newport
Beach
California IC-2124