To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Blanket purchase order with AlsoEnergy, Inc. for hardware and software.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a blanket purchase order with AlsoEnergy, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $100,000 for the purchase of hardware and software facilitating the collection of data for photovoltaic systems for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% User Departments.
BACKGROUND:
AlsoEnergy’s PowerTrack platform is already in use for multiple County solar photovoltaic installations governed by existing Power Purchase Agreements. Expanding its use to additional sites allows all solar production data to be centralized within a single, consistent platform. This streamlines monitoring, reporting, and troubleshooting across the County’s photovoltaic portfolio.
The AlsoEnergy, Inc. Terms and Conditions of Sale contain an indemnification clause, requiring the County to Indemnify AlsoEnergy, Inc., as well as a limitation of liability stating that AlsoEnergy, Inc.’s liability will not exceed the amount actually paid to AlsoEnergy, Inc. by the County in accordance with the relevant transaction document during the twelve months immediately preceding the events giving rise to the first such claim.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without executing the purchase order Public Works will be unable to collect and track production data of the applicable locations’ photovoltaic system.