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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

DateVendorItemActionAmountSize · price · savingsOutcomeSources
2026-09-22Royal ElectricWastewater 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$5,015,000Approved
The motion carried unanimously
agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original
2026-09-22Citizen EnergyApproval of an Option Agreement for EV Charging Services Site License to Support Direct Current Fast Charging Infrastructure (CM)
EV charging
Award—4 DCFCsNo vote recordedpacket · city original
2026-04-28Varni ElectricFleet and Employee Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure at City Hall Annex (c405606) - Authorization to Award Contract - Budget Adjustment (PW)
EV charging
Award$156,64918 Level II chargersApproved
The motion carried unanimously
agenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original
2026-04-28WESCO InternationalFleet and Employee EV Charging Infrastructure at City Hall – Wesco cooperative purchase of EV chargers (Sourcewell)
EV charging
Cooperative purchase$70,60718 Level II chargersNo vote recordedpacket · city original
2026-02-24Rush Truck CentersPurchase of Lift Vehicle (PW)
Fleet vehicles
Cooperative purchase$127,5981 Ford E-Transit T-350 Cargo Van with LiftUp Aerial DeviceNo vote recordedpacket · city original
2026-01-13TeslaAddendum to Tesla Energy Products Purchase Agreement (California Self-Generation Incentive Program battery storage, Coast Pump)
Battery storage
Amendment$4,449,814928 kW / 3,712 kWh energy storage systemNo vote recordedpacket · city original
2025-12-09Haven EnergyApprove 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$39,100battery storage systems at four City facilities (five MOUs)
Annually recurring electric bill savings: $470, $160, $775, $250 at fo…
Approvedagenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original
2025-01-14Mesiti Miller EngineeringUnion/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$25,000Approvedagenda · minutes · packet · packet · packet
2025-01-14Bay PowerAward Contract to Bay Power Inc. for Switchgear Upgrade Package (WT)
Microgrids and backup power
Sole-source award$126,592No vote recordedpacket · packet · city original
2024-12-10Cupertino ElectricWastewater Treatment Facility Standby Generator #1 Replacement
Microgrids and backup power
Other$351,628Approvedagenda · minutes · packet · city original
2024-12-10Turnkey IndustriesWastewater Treatment Facility Standby Generator #1 Replacement
Microgrids and backup power
Purchase order$611,4181,100 KW Standby GeneratorApprovedagenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original
2024-04-30Cupertino ElectricAward Contract for WWTF Emergency Switchgear and ATS Rehabilitation Project (c401405) - Purchase Order (PW)
EV charging
Sole-source award$389,541eight DCFC EV ChargersApproved
AYES: Councilmembers Newsome, Brown, Watkins, Brunner, KalantariJohnson (with…
agenda · agenda · minutes · packet · packet
2024-01-09EV ConnectAward Contractor for Solar PV Expansion at the Corp Yard (c101901) ABB EV Chargers – Budget Adjustment (PW) check
EV charging
Award$959,952seven EV DCFC units
$93,177.00 per Terra 184 dual-port charger
$25,000 annually in additional income through LCFS credits
Approvedagenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original
2023-06-27FreeWire TechnologiesFreeWire Boost Charger for Medium/Heavy Duty Vehicles (g402301) – Award Contract and Budget Adjustment (PW)
EV charging
Cooperative purchase$214,6551 FreeWire Boost Charger (second charger at the Landfill)No vote recordedpacket · packet · city original
2023-03-28AggrekoEmergency 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$171,274two 1.5 MW generatorsApprovedagenda · packet · packet · city original
2023-03-28Cupertino ElectricEmergency 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$95,000No vote recordedagenda · packet · city original
2023-02-14NissanPublic Works Engineering Nissan Leaf lease-to-purchase buyout (vehicle #186)
Fleet vehicles
Purchase order$15,500one Nissan Leaf (vehicle# 186)No vote recordedpacket · city original
2023-01-10Banc of America Public CapitalEnergy Efficiency Projects Equipment Lease/Purchase Agreement and Escrow Agreement with Banc of America Public Capital Corp (FN)
Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs
Award$3,807,000total utility cost savings of approximately $22,600,000 for the City t…No vote recordedpacket · city original
2022-06-28SiteLogIQSitelogiQ 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 recordedpacket · packet · city original
2022-05-24Phoenix MotorcarsPurchase of one electric dump truck from Street Maintenance Division General Fund
Fleet vehicles
Purchase order$193,243one electric flatbed truck and one electric dump truckNo vote recordedpacket · city original
2022-05-24TEC of CaliforniaPurchase of electric refuse hauler vehicle from TEC of California via Sourcewell cooperative purchase
Fleet vehicles
Cooperative purchase$856,203Mack LRE BE 261KW low entry cab with Heil rear load Durapac 5000 bodyNo vote recordedpacket · city original
2022-04-26TeslaApproval 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…
Approvedagenda · minutes · packet · packet · city original
2022-04-12FreeWire TechnologiesFreewire Boost Charger purchase for refuse truck EV charging (EnergIIZE Commercial Vehicles)
EV charging
Purchase order$179,5521 Boost Max 150kW/1000V ultrafast EV charger with integrated storage (…No vote recordedpacket · city original