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The U.S. General Services Administration, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and U.S. Forest Service, awarded a contract for the federal government’s first-ever joint solar power procurement in California and Nevada. Solar developer SolarCity Corporation of San Mateo, Calif. was awarded a power purchase agreement as part of the Federal Aggregated Solar Procurement Pilot -- a strategic sourcing project that combines several small to mid-size photovoltaic installation opportunities within northern California and northern Nevada into a single procurement.

The northern Nevada locations involved in the contract were the C. Clifton Young Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Reno; and the Carson City Federal Building. The initial contract term is 10 years with an option for an additional 10 years and PV to be installed by the end of 2016. The federal government will save $5 million over 19 production years.