Schneider
Energy Service
Contract
(ESCO)
Audit, Preliminary Design, and
Potential Implementation
October 1, 2024
Background
During Goal Setting the Town
Council established “Exploring
a Micro-Grid” as a top priority
Town Council adopted a
budget with a $20K
expenditure for a “Energy
Resiliency Plan”
Town Manager interviewed
ESCO (Energy Service
Companies) who can explore
micro grids and other energy
resilience options
Town received $250k earmark of federal funding
through Congressman
Thompson that may be
available next year Specific state laws require
ESCO contracts to include
audit, design, and potential
construction to be included in
one agreement
Proposed Energy Service Contract
• $20k for audit and review of existing systems
• $22.8k for preliminary design
• $15M for potential construction/implementation
• No current construction projects defined
• Visioning of Yountville Commons included energy
enhancements and requires expertise in renewables and
resilience
• Beginning process to modernize utilities (Water/Wastewater) Green Energy
Reliability
• Access to reliable and affordable
clean energy is a basic need that
promotes well-being and
addresses the climate crisis.
• Blackouts and other energy
disruptions are more frequent
due to heat waves and disaster
mitigation.
• Distributed Energy Resources
(DER) is being prioritized by
utilities and policymakers.
Benefits
• Fewer Outages
• More Clean Energy
• Local Supply and Battery Back-up Builds
Resiliency
• Lower Generation and Distribution Cost
• “A Spectrum of Controllability”