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Energy contracts the Santa Maria City Council took up since 2022. All Santa Maria 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.
12actions
9vendors
$15,468,570approved (recorded vote)
$659,997proposed, 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
2026-09-01Pacific Gas and ElectricAdoption of a Resolution Approving an Agreement with PG&E Electric Vehicle Fleet Electrification Program for the Transit Center
EV charging
Award$153,000
not to exceed
17 fleet charging stalls served by 17 charging stations; 1,555.5 kW an…
EV Charger Rebate up to $425,000 (up to 50% of purchase costs) for the…
up to $578,000 in combined incentives and rebates
Approved
Motion carried by a recorded vote
staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda
2026-03-03United RentalsAdoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of Two Emergency Power Generators
Microgrids and backup power
Cooperative purchase$382,017two emergency power generators
$175,140.00 per generator
No vote recordedstaff report · agenda · city original
2025-10-21New Flyer of AmericaAdoption of a Resolution Authorizing Final Payment and Reaffirmation of Santa Maria Regional Transit Electric Bus Purchase Through State Contracts
Fleet vehicles
Cooperative purchase—third and final New Flyer electric bus; six other electric Gillig buse…No vote recordedstaff report · agenda · packet · city original
2025-10-21New Flyer; GilligResolution authorizing execution of final payment and reaffirmation to New Flyer and Gillig for electric buses procured under state consortium contracts
Fleet vehicles
Amendment—three electric buses from New Flyer; six electric Gillig busesNo vote recordedagenda · packet · city original
2025-10-21New Flyer and GilligResolution authorizing execution of final payment and reaffirmation to New Flyer and Gillig for purchase of electric buses under State of California and State o
Fleet vehicles
Cooperative purchase—No vote recordedstaff report · agenda · packet · city original
2025-09-16Pacific Gas and ElectricAdoption of a Resolution Authorizing Energy Efficiency Project for Facility Led Lighting Upgrades at Various City Facilities
Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs
Award$3,882,718
not to exceed
LED lighting upgrades at various City facilities
cumulative net savings estimated at $1.9 million over 10 years and $10…
Approved
Motion carried by a recorded vote
staff report · staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda
2024-04-16Beam GlobalSanta Maria Regional Transit LCTOP grant application and purchase of two Beam Global EV ARC solar-powered vehicle charging systems
EV charging
Cooperative purchase$277,980two EV ARC charging systems
circa $138,990 per unit
No vote recordedstaff report · agenda · city original
2023-11-07ForeFront PowerSolar Power Award of Contract
Solar and solar PPAs
Award—4,417 kW of solar generation across eight sites
$0.1508/kWh aggregated PPA rate with 0 percent escalator; site rates $…
over $12 million over the life of the 20-year agreement; estimated $13…
Approved
For (4): Mayor Patino, Councilmember Cordero, Councilmember Escobedo, and…
staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda
2023-11-07FFP BTM SolarSolar PV power purchase agreements (ESA-Solar) with ForeFront Power for eight City facilities
Solar and solar PPAs
Award—4,417 kW across eight City facilities; 8,239,659 kWh year-1 production
$0.1508/kWh total settled PPA rate, 0 percent escalator
Year-one savings $76,696; 20-year savings approximately $12,614,106
No vote recordedstaff report · agenda · agenda · packet · packet
2022-09-20Pacific Gas and ElectricAdopt a Resolution authorizing two Energy Efficiency Project Work Orders for Facility Ventilation Upgrade Improvements and Sports Field Lighting, not to exceed check
Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs
Award$11,007,852
not to exceed
two work ordersApproved
Motion carried. Adopted as Resolution No. 2022-99. 5-0.
staff report · staff report · agenda · minutes · other
2022-09-20Pacific Gas and ElectricAdopt a Resolution authorizing a revised contract with PG&E for participation in the PG&E Electric Vehicle (EV) Fleet Ready Incentive Program and amending the T check
EV charging
Amendment$425,000
not to exceed
17 electric buses and 17 corresponding vehicle charging units
$9,000.00 per vehicle make-ready incentive; rebate 50% of EVSE cost up…
cost-free equipment upgrades and financial incentives
Approved
Motion carried.
staff report · agenda · minutes · other · city original
2022-09-20GilligAcceptance of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) FY 2022 5339(c) Low-No Grant
Fleet vehicles
Sole-source award—six battery electric buses
anticipated to save around $300,000 annually in fuel and maintenance c…
No vote recordedstaff report · staff report · city original