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Palm Desert

Energy contracts the Palm Desert City Council took up since 2022. All Palm Desert 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.
7actions
5vendors
$481,507approved (recorded vote)
$0.00proposed, 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
2026-03-26The Gardens on El PaseoAmendments to the El Paseo Village Public Parking Easement Agreement and the Parking Management Plan for the El Paseo Village Shopping Center
EV charging
Amendment—ten (10) EV charging stations; ten EV charging stalls including two (2…No vote recordedpacket · city original
2025-12-11Quinn Power SystemsAward contract to Quinn Company for preventative maintenance of emergency generators (Project MEQ00005) check
Microgrids and backup power
Award$87,795eight emergency generatorsApproved
Motion Carried (5 to 0)
agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original
2025-06-12Quinn Power SystemsPURCHASE A NEW EMERGENCY PORTABLE GENERATOR FROM QUINN GROUP INC., DBA QUINN COMPANY, CONTRACT NO. C49350
Microgrids and backup power
Sole-source award$320,595375KW generatorApproved
Motion Carried (5 to 0)
minutes · packet · packet · city original
2023-12-14Valero ServicesPURCHASE AND APPROPRIATION FOR A CUSTOMIZED LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR MOBILE LIBRARY OUTREACH
Fleet vehicles
Sole-source award$73,117
not to exceed
1 customized electric low-speed utility vehicleApproved
Motion Carried (5 to 0)
agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original
2023-07-13ForeFront PowerAPPROVE A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH FOREFRONT POWER FOR THE DESERT WILLOW OVERFLOW LOT PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECT (PROJECT NO. 777-14/CFA00005)
Solar and solar PPAs
Award—Approved
Motion Carried (5 to 0)
agenda · packet · packet · city original
2022-10-13ForeFront PowerAPPROVE FIVE POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS WITH FOREFRONT POWER FOR THE CIVIC CENTER PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECT (PROJECT NO. 777-14)
Solar and solar PPAs
Award—Photovoltaic systems at the Civic Center, Parkview Office Complex, the…
net cost savings to the City over the life of each 20-year contract
No vote recordedagenda · packet · city original
2022-03-24Southern California EdisonAPPROVE an Agreement with Southern California Edison (SCE) to Retrofit SCE streetlights to LED (CC)
LED streetlights
Award—No vote recordedagenda · city original