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Authorize negotiation and execution of a battery storage agreement with Base Power, Inc., for up to 40 megawatts of electric power capacity from a distribution-scale battery facility portfolio, in an estimated amount of up to $4,080,000 per year, for a term up to 10 years, for a total estimated amount of up to $40,800,000. Funding: $4,080,000 is available in the 2025-2026 Operating Budget of Austin Energy. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
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Austin Energy.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $4,080,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget of Austin Energy.
Funding for the remaining term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
For More Information:
Amy Everhart, Director, Local Government Issues (512) 322-6087; Pat Sweeney, Interim Vice President, Market Operations and Resource Planning (512) 322-6183.
Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action:
April 13, 2026- Recommended by the Electric Utility Commission on a 9-0 vote with Commissioners Alvarez and Blackburn absent.
Additional Backup Information:
In February 2025, Austin Energy issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for locally sited battery storage assets. Offers resulting from the solicitation provided Austin Energy with battery tolling proposals and the opportunity to progress toward a local battery storage capacity goal of 125 megawatts (MWs) or more in the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2035. In July 2025, City Council approved a battery storage agreement for a 100 MW, four-hour duration utility scale installation at a single site in the Austin Energy load zone resulting from this RFP.
This battery tolling agreement with Base Power, Inc. is to provide an additional 40 MW of power capacity from a portfolio consisting of individual battery facilities to be installed by Base Power at various residential premises in Austin ...
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