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Santa Cruz
Energy contracts the Santa Cruz City Council took up since 2022. All Santa Cruz 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.
23actions
19vendors
$7,719,561approved (recorded vote)
$10,135,764proposed, 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
| Date | Vendor | Item | Action | Amount | Size · price · savings | Outcome | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | Royal Electric | Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) Energy and Electrical Resiliency (Project WEER) - Award of Progressive Design for Phase 1 Services (c401405) – Budget Adjus Microgrids and backup power | Award | $5,015,000 | Approved The motion carried unanimously | agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original | |
| 2026-09-22 | Citizen Energy | Approval of an Option Agreement for EV Charging Services Site License to Support Direct Current Fast Charging Infrastructure (CM) EV charging | Award | — | 4 DCFCs | No vote recorded | packet · city original |
| 2026-04-28 | Varni Electric | Fleet and Employee Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure at City Hall Annex (c405606) - Authorization to Award Contract - Budget Adjustment (PW) EV charging | Award | $156,649 | 18 Level II chargers | Approved The motion carried unanimously | agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original |
| 2026-04-28 | WESCO International | Fleet and Employee EV Charging Infrastructure at City Hall – Wesco cooperative purchase of EV chargers (Sourcewell) EV charging | Cooperative purchase | $70,607 | 18 Level II chargers | No vote recorded | packet · city original |
| 2026-02-24 | Rush Truck Centers | Purchase of Lift Vehicle (PW) Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $127,598 | 1 Ford E-Transit T-350 Cargo Van with LiftUp Aerial Device | No vote recorded | packet · city original |
| 2026-01-13 | Tesla | Addendum to Tesla Energy Products Purchase Agreement (California Self-Generation Incentive Program battery storage, Coast Pump) Battery storage | Amendment | $4,449,814 | 928 kW / 3,712 kWh energy storage system | No vote recorded | packet · city original |
| 2025-12-09 | Haven Energy | Approve Memorandums of Understanding with Haven Energy to Submit Applications to the California Self Generation Incentive Program with the Intent to Install and check Battery storage | Award | $39,100 | battery storage systems at four City facilities (five MOUs) Annually recurring electric bill savings: $470, $160, $775, $250 at fo… | Approved | agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original |
| 2025-01-14 | Mesiti Miller Engineering | Union/Locust Backup Generator Project (c702107) - Approval of Contract Amendment No. 2 for Design Services with Mesiti Miller Engineering, Inc. (WT) Microgrids and backup power | Amendment | $25,000 | Approved | agenda · minutes · packet · packet · packet | |
| 2025-01-14 | Bay Power | Award Contract to Bay Power Inc. for Switchgear Upgrade Package (WT) Microgrids and backup power | Sole-source award | $126,592 | No vote recorded | packet · packet · city original | |
| 2024-12-10 | Cupertino Electric | Wastewater Treatment Facility Standby Generator #1 Replacement Microgrids and backup power | Other | $351,628 | Approved | agenda · minutes · packet · city original | |
| 2024-12-10 | Turnkey Industries | Wastewater Treatment Facility Standby Generator #1 Replacement Microgrids and backup power | Purchase order | $611,418 | 1,100 KW Standby Generator | Approved | agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original |
| 2024-04-30 | Cupertino Electric | Award Contract for WWTF Emergency Switchgear and ATS Rehabilitation Project (c401405) - Purchase Order (PW) EV charging | Sole-source award | $389,541 | eight DCFC EV Chargers | Approved AYES: Councilmembers Newsome, Brown, Watkins, Brunner, KalantariJohnson (with… | agenda · agenda · minutes · packet · packet |
| 2024-01-09 | EV Connect | Award Contractor for Solar PV Expansion at the Corp Yard (c101901) ABB EV Chargers – Budget Adjustment (PW) check EV charging | Award | $959,952 | seven EV DCFC units $93,177.00 per Terra 184 dual-port charger $25,000 annually in additional income through LCFS credits | Approved | agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original |
| 2023-06-27 | FreeWire Technologies | FreeWire Boost Charger for Medium/Heavy Duty Vehicles (g402301) – Award Contract and Budget Adjustment (PW) EV charging | Cooperative purchase | $214,655 | 1 FreeWire Boost Charger (second charger at the Landfill) | No vote recorded | packet · packet · city original |
| 2023-03-28 | Aggreko | Emergency Electrical Inspection, Repair and Temporary Generator Installation at the Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF), and Approval of Additional Fuel Costs Microgrids and backup power | Purchase order | $171,274 | two 1.5 MW generators | Approved | agenda · packet · packet · city original |
| 2023-03-28 | Cupertino Electric | Emergency Electrical Inspection, Repair and Temporary Generator Installation at the Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF), and Approval of Additional Fuel Costs Microgrids and backup power | Purchase order | $95,000 | No vote recorded | agenda · packet · city original | |
| 2023-02-14 | Nissan | Public Works Engineering Nissan Leaf lease-to-purchase buyout (vehicle #186) Fleet vehicles | Purchase order | $15,500 | one Nissan Leaf (vehicle# 186) | No vote recorded | packet · city original |
| 2023-01-10 | Banc of America Public Capital | Energy Efficiency Projects Equipment Lease/Purchase Agreement and Escrow Agreement with Banc of America Public Capital Corp (FN) Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs | Award | $3,807,000 | total utility cost savings of approximately $22,600,000 for the City t… | No vote recorded | packet · city original |
| 2022-06-28 | SiteLogIQ | SitelogiQ Comprehensive Energy Solutions Program – Facility Solutions Agreement (PW) Bundles | Award | — | Solar arrays at Civic Auditorium, Soquel/Front Parking Garage and Harv… Program intended to be self-funded through expense reductions; loans r… | No vote recorded | packet · packet · city original |
| 2022-05-24 | Phoenix Motorcars | Purchase of one electric dump truck from Street Maintenance Division General Fund Fleet vehicles | Purchase order | $193,243 | one electric flatbed truck and one electric dump truck | No vote recorded | packet · city original |
| 2022-05-24 | TEC of California | Purchase of electric refuse hauler vehicle from TEC of California via Sourcewell cooperative purchase Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $856,203 | Mack LRE BE 261KW low entry cab with Heil rear load Durapac 5000 body | No vote recorded | packet · city original |
| 2022-04-26 | Tesla | Approval of Exemption from Local and Apprentice Employment (SCMC Ch. 3.10.080(2)) for Coast Pump Station Powerpack Construction Agreement, Pursuant to the Calif Battery storage | Other | — | Tesla Powerpack battery energy storage system at CPS Electricity bills associated with the operation of CPS would be reduce… | Approved | agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original |
| 2022-04-12 | FreeWire Technologies | Freewire Boost Charger purchase for refuse truck EV charging (EnergIIZE Commercial Vehicles) EV charging | Purchase order | $179,552 | 1 Boost Max 150kW/1000V ultrafast EV charger with integrated storage (… | No vote recorded | packet · city original |