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Calpine Geysers

Contract actions with Calpine Geysers in California city council documents since 2022 — also written as Calpine Corporation's Geysers Power Company, LLC; Calpine Geothermal; Calpine Geysers Project; Calpine Geysers, LLC; Geyser Power LLC; Geysers Power Company, LLC.

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
6cities
$76,200,000approved (recorded vote)
$188,000,000proposed, no vote in the index
2023-02-07first action 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

DateCityItemActionAmountSize · price · savingsOutcomeSources
2023-05-08PasadenaAUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A 10-YEAR POWER SALES CONTRACT WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY FROM CALPINE GEYSERS, LLC FOR T check
Power supply (municipal utilities)
Award$188,000,00010 MW for 2025-2026, increasing to 35 MW from 2027 through 2034
$79.50 per MWh
No vote recordedstaff report · staff report · agenda · city original
2023-05-08PasadenaPasadena Water and Power Calpine Geysers Geothermal Project - new offer under SCPPA PSA check
Power supply (municipal utilities)
Award$312,075,000
not to exceed
25 MW
$95/MWh
Geysers contract price approximately $5/MWh less than current market p…
Continuedstaff report · agenda · other · other · city original
2023-04-17Palo AltoApprove and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Third-Phase Agreement With Northern California Power Agency for the Purchase of up to 87,600 Megawatt Hours
Power supply (municipal utilities)
Award$76,200,000
not to exceed
up to 87,600 Megawatt Hours per Year; 5 MW for first two years and 10 …
PPA price of $79/MWh
net value of at least $13/MWh
Approved
MOTION PASSED ITEMS 4-7, 9, 12, AA1: 7-0
minutes · minutes · packet · packet · city original
2023-04-03GridleyResolution No. 2023-R-010: Approval of NCPA Third Phase Agreement for Purchase Agreements with Geysers Power Company, LLC
Power supply (municipal utilities)
Award—50.00 MW 7X24 for 2025-2026; 100.00 MW 7X24 for 2027-2036Approved
Ayes: Farr, Johnson, Sanchez, Roberts; Abstain: Calderon; Motion passed, 4-1
agenda · agenda · minutes · city original
2023-02-15LodiAdopt Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Execute Third Phase Agreement with Northern California Power Agency for Purchase Agreements with Geysers Power Comp
Power supply (municipal utilities)
Award—5 MW beginning January 1, 2025, increasing to 10 MW beginning January …No vote recordedagenda · city original
2023-02-14BiggsDiscussion/Action: Calpine Geothermal Energy Purchase
Power supply (municipal utilities)
Award—0.2 MW in 2025 and 2026, and 0.4 MW during the years 2027-2037Approved
(Sheppard/Squires, MCU)
agenda · agenda · minutes · minutes · city original
2023-02-07LompocAdopt Resolution No. 6557(23) Authorizing the City Manager or Designee to Execute a Third Phase Power Purchase Agreement with Geysers Power Company, LLC.
Power supply (municipal utilities)
Award—Approved
By a 5-0 vote
agenda · minutes · city original

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