How does ForeFront Power help cities and local government?

ForeFront Power helps cities and local governments put money back into the community they serve, increase energy resilience and reliability, and meet public sustainability commitments.

Public Agencies

Q: What benefits does ForeFront Power provide to educational institutions?

ForeFront Power enables K-12 schools and universities to stabilize energy budgets, ensure schools and research facilities have reliable energy, and finance energy projects without bonds or capital outlays.

Q: How does ForeFront Power support public transit and fleet electrification?

ForeFront Power partners with transit authorities, school districts, and white fleet operators to control fuel costs, minimize out-of-pocket costs for infrastructure, and incorporate the right EV charging strategy into long-term energy plans.

Public agencies deliver critical services on tight, taxpayer-funded budgets. With rising utility costs and grid challenges, agencies are taking greater control of their energy infrastructure. Here’s how ForeFront Power helps you address these pressures.

Let's Work Together

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WHAT’S POSSIBLE

Spend Less on Energy – and More on Communities

Executing a renewable energy strategy that serves the public’s interest takes collaboration – and experience.

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Cities and Local Government

Rising utility costs and grid outages are putting critical community resources at risk. Working with ForeFront helps:

Put money back into the community you serve

Increase energy resilience and reliability

Meet public sustainability commitments

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How We Help

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Education

K-12 schools and universities are turning to renewable energy to implement projects that save them millions and create top-tier learning environments. Working with ForeFront enables you to:

Stabilize energy budgets

Ensure schools and research facilities have reliable energy

Finance energy projects without bonds or capital outlays

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How We Help

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Public Transit and Fleets

Fleet operators are adding electric vehicles and buses to their routes, and need to do so without compromising schedules. ForeFront partners with transit authorities, school districts, and white fleet operators to develop an EV roadmap, capture incentives, and develop projects that allow them to:

Control fuel costs

Minimize out-of-pocket costs for infrastructure

Incorporate the right EV charging strategy into long-term energy plans

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How We Help

CUSTOMER VOICES

Real Stories of Transformation from Public Sector Partners

"Our partnership with ForeFront Power was instrumental. They made it so that we were able to complete these solar projects quickly with minimal burden to our city staff's time. Any problem that we ran into, ForeFront presented a couple of solutions and just made it really easy. Very smooth sailing. The development and construction work all went off without a hitch."

Logan Babcock

Environmental Services Specialist, City of Ventura

"The project in itself started off with a minor installation, but as we built additional phases, we are now estimated to save about $20 million in the district general fund. The solar project has now exceeded that $20 million, and as energy prices continue to go up."

Jaime Quintana

Former Director of Facilities, Tracy USD

"Our solar and storage system was built at no upfront cost to the community or any resident ratepayers through this public-private partnership. All the costs were fronted by ForeFront Power. And the estimated savings are $25 million. So no upfront costs, with savings and also sustainability benefits. You can't beat that."

John Carli

Mayor, City of Vacaville

"We had over a dozen different companies submit their proposals and ForeFront quickly came to the top as the company that we wanted to develop our solar farm. Within three months they went from bare ground to having a solar farm up and running"

Don Kom

Director of Electric Services, City of Ames

Procurement Strategy

Tools to Speed Public Sector Procurement

Public agencies can save time and money when they use ForeFront Power’s competitively priced purchasing contracts, pre-negotiated with the industry’s most trustworthy partners.