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Also attached to this agenda item: Croton BESS RFI 072026

Results of the August RFI to BESS DevelopersPresented to Croton Presented to Croton’s Village Board of TrusteesAugust 19, August 19, 2026 2026b by (Mr.) Lindsay y (Mr.) Lindsay Audin AudinCEM LEED CEM LEED-AP APchair, Croton Sustainability chair, Croton Sustainability Committee Committee 2In Ju In July, a list of BESS developers was compiled from various sources, in sources, including a list of NYSERDA’s Approved Energy Storage Contra Contractors, members of the NY Battery Energy Storage Technology Co Technology Consortium (NY-BEST), and Lindsay BEST), and Lindsay Audin’s Audin’sprofessional con professional contacts in the energy industry. A total of 50 firms were iden A total of 50 firms were identified. Initial contacts to determine their statu their statuses eliminated 21 of them for various reasons, e.g.,- -merged with or acquired by other BESS firms merged with or acquired by other BESS firms- -no longer in business, or no longer doing business in the U.S. no longer in business, or no longer doing business in the U.S.- -failure to respond to multiple efforts to communicate failure to respond to multiple efforts to communicateThe RFI (Req The RFI (Request for Information) 3A dra A draft RFI was assembled and approved by the Village Manager. It wa Manager. It was distributed to the remaining 29 vendors on August 3, August 3, with responses due August 17.- -6 vendors provided full responses by the deadline 6 vendors provided full responses by the deadline- -3 others were bounced back as “undeliverable” 3 others were bounced back as “undeliverable”- -20 20 others others did not respond and did not bounce back. did not respond and did not bounce back.Based on experien Based on experience, we expected 4 or 5, so 6 was a success.The R The RFI (Request for Information) 4In al In alphabetical order, they are:- -Luminace Luminace- -Microgrid MicrogridNetworks Networks- -New Leaf Energy New Leaf Energy- -NineDot NineDotEnergy Energy- -Orenda OrendaPower Power- -RIC Energy RIC EnergyThe Six Responders The Six RespondersAll are well known in All are well known in the industry an industry and are actively developing developing projects in our region and region and/or in New York City. One City. One presently has three 5 MW B 5 MW BESS operating in Westchest Westchester County. Next Steps Next Steps A summary of responses to t A summary of responses to the RFI in Word and Excel and Excel will be compiled by Labor compiled by Labor Day for Day for review by review by the Village Manager.A draft RFP (Request F A draft RFP (Request For Proposals) is being assemble assembled for issue by mid-September, with September, with response responses by mid-October. October.If any BESS projects are p If any BESS projects are proposed, the sites and propos and proposals will be reviewed by Village officials and officials and checked for their feasibility.If any appear a If any appear acceptable, public discussion will then be then be initiated as desired.5 5 Thank you for Thank you for your time your time and attention and attention. 13