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Energy contracts the Avenal City Council took up since 2022. All Avenal meetings.

Extracted automatically — check the source. These rows were read out of the cities' own agendas, staff reports and minutes by a language model (claude-haiku-5-5/v5) on 2026-10-20. Each amount links to the passage it came from and each row to the city's original file, which is the official record. Rows marked check had a problem the checks caught.
11actions
7vendors
$7,534,977approved (recorded vote)
$908,824proposed, no vote in the index

Dollar totals add the amount each action states: an amendment's new total can repeat an earlier award, and annual amounts are counted once. Use them as a rough size, the rows for detail.

Actions

DateVendorItemActionAmountSize · price · savingsOutcomeSources
2025-01-10Kuykendall SolarApprove Change Order No. 5 to the Contract with Kuykendall Solar for the construction of a Solar PV System at the WWTF. check
Solar and solar PPAs
Amendment$2,318,390Approved
Motion carried; roll call AYES: Verdugo, Hernandez, Preciado. NOES: None.…
agenda · agenda · agenda · city original
2024-10-24Guaranteed Community AdvisorsEngagement Agreement with Guaranteed Community Advisors (GCA) for sustainability project owner's representative services
Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs
Award—Retainer deposit of $2,500 per 1,000,000 internal square feet, minimum…No vote recordedagenda · city original
2023-10-12Kuykendall SolarChange Order with Kuykendall Solar for upsized 1500A switchgear
Solar and solar PPAs
Amendment$202,1001500A switchgearApproved
AYES: Verdugo, Gravelle, Preciado. NOES: None. ABSENT: Hernandez, Ramirez.…
agenda · agenda · city original
2023-10-12R&D ElectricApprove Change Orders with Kuykendall Solar and R&D for the construction of a Solar PV and Battery Energy Storage System at the WWTF.
Battery storage
Amendment$58,8241 battery energy storage system (replacement battery order)No vote recordedagenda · city original
2023-10-12R&DChange Order with R&D for battery order cancellation and reorder; Change Order with Kuykendall Solar for upsized 1500A switchgear
Battery storage
Amendment$58,824Approved
AYES: Verdugo, Gravelle, Preciado. NOES: None. ABSENT: Hernandez, Ramirez.…
agenda · agenda · city original
2023-02-23R&D ElectricApprove Capital Expenditure from Wastewater Enterprise Fund for Solar PV System at the Waste Water Treatment Plant check
Battery storage
Amendment$850,000
not to exceed
Battery Energy Storage System at the WWTP (Tesla Megapack)No vote recordedagenda · agenda · city original
2023-02-23AM ConsultingApprove Capital Expenditure from Wastewater Enterprise Fund for Solar PV System at the Wastewater Treatment Plant check
Bundles
Purchase order$850,000
not to exceed
Approved
AYES: Gravelle, Hernandez, Verdugo, Preciado. NOES: None. ABSENT: Ramirez.…
agenda · city original
2023-01-26R&D ElectricConsider awarding a contract to supply and install a battery energy storage system at Wastewater Treatment Plant to R&D Electric.
Battery storage
Award$3,745,250Approved
AYES: Verdugo, Hernandez, Gravelle, Ramirez, Preciado. NOES: None. ABSENT:…
agenda · agenda · city original
2022-10-27Beam GlobalAuthorization for Purchase EV Charging Stations through Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Grant Funding & Application to the San Joaquin Valley Air P
EV charging
Cooperative purchase$150,148two (2) EV chargers
$65,442.44 per EV ARC 2020 system
Approved
motion carried
agenda · agenda · minutes · city original
2022-04-28Kuykendall SolarApprove Change Order No. 3 to the Contract with Kuykendall Solar for the construction of a Solar PV System at the WWTF
Solar and solar PPAs
Amendment$188,340760-kW solar PV System with battery storage componentApproved
AYES: Gravelle, Verdugo, Hernandez, Ramirez, Preciado. NOES: None.
agenda · agenda · minutes · city original
2022-04-14Trull ElectricConsider Quotes for Installation of Generator at the Veterans Memorial Hall and Approve Installation Vendor - Resolution 2022-22
Microgrids and backup power
Award$21,925
not to exceed
1 emergency generatorApproved
AYES: Gravelle, Verdugo, Hernandez, Ramirez, Preciado. NOES: None. ABSENT:…
agenda · agenda · minutes · city original