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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Self-Generation Incentive Program Funding for a Battery Energy Storage System at the Emergency Operations Center, Second District, as follows:
a) Find, in accordance with Government Code Section 4217.12, that the terms of the agreement with the Endelos Energy, Inc. are in the best interests of the County and that the anticipated cost to the County for the electrical energy and conservation services provided by the battery energy storage system under the agreement will be less than the anticipated marginal cost to the County of electrical or other energy that would have been consumed by the County in the absence of this purchase;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an agreement with Endelos Energy, Inc. for the installation of a battery energy storage system at the County’s Emergency Operations Center including participation in the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) which will fund the project; and
c) Determine that the renewable energy project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Sections 15301 (minor alterations to existing facilities) and 15303 (limited construction of small facilities) and 15304 (minor alterations to land) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, and that the recommended actions are within the scope of that Notice of Exemption and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis.