Founded in 1989, SPURR is a California joint powers authority (JPA) whose mission is to operate cooperative procurement programs to help public agencies reduce utility costs.

With over 300 public agency members, SPURR aggregates purchasing power and expertise for thousands of facilities across the state of California. SPURR currently operates cooperative buying programs related to natural gas, electricity, solar and energy storage, LED lights and energy conservation, Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits, vehicle electrification infrastructure, telecommunications and networking, and utility data management.

Created in 2014, SPURR’s Renewable Energy Aggregated Procurement (REAP) Program is an innovative aggregated solar and energy storage buying program that leverages the collective purchasing power of SPURR’s large membership to secure pre-negotiated solar and energy storage project pricing and terms through a highly competitive statewide RFP process. The goals of the REAP Program are as follows:

• Streamline the solar and energy storage buying process through the use of public agency cooperative procurement.
• Drive down solar and energy storage project pricing using an aggregated procurement approach.
• Leveraging SPURR’s internal experts, improve solar and energy storage contract terms and conditions to reduce project risk.

To date, over 75 California cities, counties, and school districts have utilized the REAP Program to contract for over 265 MW-DC of solar projects and 80 MWh of energy storage projects at hundreds of sites across the state.

SPURR recently completed another statewide competitive process for its REAP Program and will be announcing a winning vendor in September 2024. Upon award, the winning vendor will enter into a master contract with SPURR which will include pricing, favorable terms/conditions, and standardized contract documents that public agencies can utilize for their own solar and energy storage projects.

For any public agency that is looking to explore the feasibility of a project, the awarded vendor will provide interested parties with a feasibility study, savings analysis, and full proposal at no cost or obligation.

For more information regarding the REAP Program please visit www.spurr.org or contact Kevin Flanagan at solar@spurr.org.