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Agenda item: Subject: Municipal Facility Energy Assessments Professional Services Agreement Award
From: Oakland Public Works Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Award And Execute A Professional Services Agreement With KW Engineering For Energy Assessment And Consulting Services In An Amount Not To Exceed Three Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($364,685) For The Municipal Facility Energy Assessments Project (No. 1008000), And Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings. City Council recently discussed this issue.
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NewsThe Silicon Valley Voice
10/2/2026, 10:00:00 AM
With the local election on the horizon, district and mayoral candidates are getting their messages out to voters. A hot topic among the candidates’ political rhetoric has been rising utility rates and how they relate to…
NewsGoogle Belmont
9/30/2026, 4:08:23 PM
NEWS RELEASE: San José Clean Energy, Caltrain, and Westlight Energy Wins National Award for Clean Transportation Innovation City of San Jose (.gov)
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18 archived items • 3 months
September 2026
Civic activity from this month
0 meetings • 5 news items • 5 total
News
9/1/2026, 12:00:00 PM
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed Imperial County’s “Lithium Valley” to be a game-changer for…
News
9/1/2026, 12:00:00 PM
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed Imperial County’s “Lithium Valley” to be a game-changer for…
News
9/1/2026, 12:00:00 PM
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed Imperial County’s “Lithium Valley” to be a game-changer for…
News
9/1/2026, 12:00:00 PM
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed Imperial County’s “Lithium Valley” to be a game-changer for…
News
9/1/2026, 12:00:00 PM
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed Imperial County’s “Lithium Valley” to be a game-changer for…
August 2026
Civic activity from this month
0 meetings • 6 news items • 6 total
News
8/31/2026, 3:00:00 PM
The city of San Francisco, led by Mayor Daniel Lurie, has launched the Curbside Electric Vehicle Charging Program, which will expand access to curbside charging at locations across the city. The…
News
8/29/2026, 4:00:00 PM
Plans for a community microgrid in Pescadero to help combat power outages have moved forward after the project secured the final phase of funding this month. WestLight Energy, an energy provider…
News
8/27/2026, 9:50:48 PM
One of California’s Largest Community Microgrids to be Built in Rural Pescadero; WestLight Energy, PG&E, County of San Mateo and Arriba South Coast Announce Final $20M Funding Piece coastside buzz
News
8/27/2026, 9:50:48 PM
PRESS RELEASE. From WestLight Energy on August 27th, 2026. WestLight Energy, PG&E, the County of San Mateo, and Arriba South… The post One of California’s Largest Community Microgrids to be Built in…
AES Corporation announced this week that it has canceled its proposed Jewelflower Battery Energy Storage System on a 128-acre site of prime farmland in North Coyote Valley near Morgan Hill. The…
Virginia-based AES cited project economics, infrastructure requirements, market conditions, community considerations and long-term investment priorities as reasons it won't submit plans for the…
July 2026
Civic activity from this month
1 meeting • 6 news items • 7 total
News
7/30/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Lawmakers and regulators gathered at a multi-unit housing complex in South San Francisco on Wednesday to celebrate the unveiling of a large-scale electric vehicle charging installation that can…
News
7/23/2026, 2:00:00 PM
Pacific Gas and Electric will soon open a public electrification demonstration center right in the heart of Downtown San Jose. The utility plans to convert 8,445 square feet of ground-floor space at…
MeetingMeeting summary
7/21/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Oakland City Council met on 2026-07-21. This summary uses official minutes text and focuses on substantive outcomes rather than routine meeting procedure. The most resident-relevant actions centered on resolutions and c…
News
7/12/2026, 5:02:58 AM
Africa’s renewable energy transition is entering a new phase as the continent shifts from proving that clean energy works to building the institutions needed to deploy it at scale. As…
News
7/7/2026, 12:55:11 AM
Senate Bill 1350 from Sen. Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton) qualifies the fuel’s usage as a clean energy source under the state’s renewable energy standards, providing financial incentives to power…
News
7/3/2026, 10:48:17 PM
Dozens of residents got behind the wheel of electric vehicles for the first time June 27 at a free ride-and-drive event in Gilroy, the first of its kind held in the city. Silicon Valley Clean Energy…
Dozens of residents got behind the wheel of electric vehicles for the first time June 27 at a free ride-and-drive event in Gilroy, the first of its kind held in the city. Silicon Valley Clean Energy…
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Oakland City Council
2026-07-21
S6.32: Subject: Municipal Facility Energy Assessments Professional Services Agreement Award From: Oakland Public Works Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Award And Execute A Professional Services Agreement With KW Engineering For Energy Assessment And Consulting Services In An Amount Not To Exceed Three Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($364,685) For The Municipal Facility Energy Assessments Project (No. 1008000), And Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings
Rules & Legislation Committee
2026-07-16
3.16: Subject: Municipal Facility Energy Assessments Professional Services Agreement Award From: Oakland Public Works Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Award And Execute A Professional Services Agreement With KW Engineering For Energy Assessment And Consulting Services In An Amount Not To Exceed Three Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($364,685) For The Municipal Facility Energy Assessments Project (No. 1008000), And Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings
Oakland Public Works & Transportation Committee
2026-07-14
5: Subject: Municipal Facility Energy Assessments Professional Services Agreement Award From: Oakland Public Works Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Award And Execute A Professional Services Agreement With KW Engineering For Energy Assessment And Consulting Services In An Amount Not To Exceed Three Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($364,685) For The Municipal Facility Energy Assessments Project (No. 1008000), And Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings
Rules & Legislation Committee
2026-06-18
3.7: Subject: Municipal Facility Energy Assessments Professional Services Agreement Award From: Oakland Public Works Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Award And Execute A Professional Services Agreement With KW Engineering For Energy Assessment And Consulting Services In An Amount Not To Exceed Three Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($364,685) For The Municipal Facility Energy Assessments Project (No. 1008000), And Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act Findings
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Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting
2026-04-14
35: $2,868 transferring funds within the Behavioral Health Services Department budget, relating to the reclassification of one Program Manager III
Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting
2026-04-14
36: Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.26.55, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.26 relating to compensation of employees deleting one Program Manager III position and adding one Behavioral Health Managed Care Division Director position in the Behavioral Health Services Department
Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting
2026-04-14
Resolution - OHV Grant Program
Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting
2026-04-14
F-85 #138 Return Unused Historic Grant Program Funds to the General Fund
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