Ava Community Energy Authority

The Hayward Municipal Critical Facility Resilience Project Will Power Key Sites Designated to Serve the Community in a Time of Emergency With Resilient, Clean Power. This Effort Will Ensure Public Safety in Hayward and Across Alameda County During Grid Outages. Two Fire Stations and the City’s Corporation Yard Will Be Outfitted With Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Panels and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) That Will Operate on a Day-to-day Basis in Addition to Providing Electricity During a Grid Outage. Given the Current State of Technology, Supply Chain Challenges, and the Public-serving Nature of the Investment, Costs for Energy Storage Are High, and It Is Difficult to Develop a Revenue Model That Allows for Recouping the Cost of Critical Service Provision, So Federal Funds Will Be Used to Support the Investment That Provides Resilience to These Key Sites. This Project Has Been Designed to Best Meet the Need for Resilience During Grid Outages to Keep Communities Safe From the Accumulating Impacts of Climate Change and Natural Disasters.