Next steps on Yeloha/community solar hosting proposal
ma...@pentlarge.org
Hi All -
Our next step is to meet to discuss options to pursue: Yeloha which would use the space on our roof and give us some of our electricity needs, or Sunbug, which would sell us the panels (with nice financing) and we would have nearly all our electricity supplied, but also be the proud owners of panels
which would need some tending.
The current hang up is I haven't heard back from Aaron about meeting, having sent an email 2 days ago (and a phone message today). I know he's real busy. I want to hear from him before doing a Google Poll to schedule a meeting.
Any other ideas?
Mara
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Subject: Re: Yeloha/community solar hosting proposal
From: "Lance McKee" <lmc...@opengeospatial.org>
Date: Mon, June 8, 2015 11:06 am
To: "Dana Dorsett" <dor...@millogic.com>
"ma...@pentlarge.org Pentlarge" <ma...@pentlarge.org>
w...@wshancock.com
Cc: "greenteam UUCW" <uucwgr...@googlegroups.com>
"Janny" <janet....@verizon.net>
"John Odell" <Ode...@worcesterma.gov>
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> Dana,
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> Thanks so much for moving this forward! I’ve been inactive on this issue, but I know Mara and John have been involved, and I imagine Nancy and Kim have been involved.
>
> All: What’s the next step?
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> Lance
>
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> On Jun 8, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Dana Dorsett <dor...@millogic.com> wrote:
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>> Hi UU-greenteam,
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>> I pushed the ball forward a bit for a preliminary proposal from Yeloha for hosting a communty solar project (see the attached document). If we accepted their sketched-out plan the UUCW would get about 6000kwh per year off the power bill (worth about $1500 at this year's ~25 cents/kwh
delivered rate, $1200 at recent years' ~20 cent pricing.) Not big money, but very low risk, with no up-front investment.
>>
>> A few issues would have to be spelled out about liablity for roof leaks, etc, and it would be prudent to insist on ballasted racking rather than bolted-down racking on the flat roof portion (assuming it's acceptable to use that leak-prone bit of roof.)
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>> The cost of putting it up is $0, and all the system monitoring/maintenance is on their plate, which makes managing it a bit easier- we don't have to get into the utility business. They will own the system, there is not a guaranteed option to buy (but in the world of business everything is
negotiable, if that ever becomes desirable.) There may be other solar companies with community solar propositions & lease-to-own options, but this is a pretty clean & simple model to work with, and comes with no financial committment/risk.
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>> If anybody wants to meet to discuss this or other potential solar options I'm available most evenings between 7:30-9:30PM during the week, and sometimes during weekends.
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>> dana
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