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City of Culver City
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Job No.
Date: March 1, 2019
City of Culver City Microgrid
Feasibility Report
Solar PV, Energy Storage, and
Microgrid Feasibility Report
Culver City
Energy Action Plan
October 2016
MICROGRID FEASIBILITY REPORT
ENERGY ACTION PLAN
Figure 30. Veterans Memorial Park is an emergency shelter in Culver
City. Source: OLIN, 2024.
Figure 31. Culver City runs all-electric and renewable natural gaspowered buses, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Source: OLIN,
2024.
Title: City of Culver City Microgrid Feasibility
Report
Date: 2019
Prepared by: City of Culver City and Willdan
Title: City of Culver City Energy Action Plan
Date: 2016
Prepared by: Culver City Public Works and
Westside Energy Partnership
Summary: This report was prepared to understand
how to deliver energy resiliency to two sites in Culver
City that serve as emergency shelters: Veterans
Memorial Park and the nearby Senior Center.
Summary: The Energy Action Plan was developed
to establish energy savings goals for the city’s
municipal operations and to help the city
achieve its greenhouse gas emission (GHG)
reduction targets. The report outlines energy
efficiency projects that were completed
between 2012 and 2016, that reduced the city’s
electricity use by a total of 1,541,140 kWh annually.
These projects included upgrades to the Plunge
Pool, Veterans Memorial, and Senior Center.
Additionally, the Culver City fleet of transit buses
runs on compressed natural gas (CNG) technology.
Three microgrid scenarios were evaluated, including
an Economic (Option A), Resilience Alternative 1
(Option B), and Resilience Alternative 2 (Option C).
Option C is the recommended scenario for meeting
the City’s expressed goals and needs; however,
it comes at the greatest total capital cost ($5.3
million). The report also states the city would be
purchasing 100% clean power for all of its sites
starting May 2019 through Los Angeles County’s
Clean Power Alliance. Following the release of the
Microgrid Feasibility Report, The General Plan 2045
includes microgrids as a suggested implementation
action for back up power under Element 11: Safety.
38 INTRODUCTION // PLANNING CONTEXT
The Veterans Memorial Building is the third
highest electricity user for Culver City, behind
City Hall and the Transportation facility. Culver
City enrolled in The Westside Energy Partnership
and The Energy Network to help identify energy
efficiency opportunities in city facilities, track
projects, discover funding options, and maximize
the city’s incentives and rebates received from
Southern California Edison (SCE) and the Southern
California Gas Company (SCG).
