REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Approve Budget Modification No. 1 to Appropriate $1,000,000 of the Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Competitive Member Agency Grant: Decarbonization Track Funds for the Fire Station 2 Energy Resilience Project and Educational Dashboard
Report
GRANT SUMMARY
The Environmental Services Department (ESD), in collaboration with the Department of Public Works (DPW), applied for SVCE's Competitive Member Agency Grant: Decarbonization Track. In April 2025, the City was awarded $1,000,000 for the addition of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system and a battery energy storage system (BESS) to support the energy resilience of the new Fire Station 2. The funding will also support the installation of an educational digital display in the facility to showcase the all-electric attributes and energy resilience features of the station.
SVCE developed the Competitive Member Agency Grant: Decarbonization Track program to fund capital projects for building and transportation electrification and/or energy resilience projects that demonstrate the feasibility of all-electric technology to the community within their service territory. Grant funds support capital investment in: electric vehicles and infrastructure; building electrification; or building & electric vehicle infrastructure (EVI) energy resilience. Each project must also have a community education and public access plan to demonstrate both the direct emission reductions from the project and the potential for replicability at other sites.
Sunnyvale applied for the installation of solar PV and BESS at the new Fire Station 2 and a digital dashboard display to be supported through the grant program. The new fire station will be an all-electric building following the City's Climate Action Playbook goal of achieving all-electric new construction (Play 2.2). The competitive grant funding will support the purchase of a solar PV system and BESS to support roughly 15,845 square feet of the building's en...
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