Tolland council approves bill-credit solar deal with school district after questions on roofs, warranties and risks

The Tolland Town Council on a unanimous vote approved a 20-year bill-credit solar agreement between the town, the Tolland Board of Education and developer GreenSky that will place solar arrays on three school roofs and a canopy system over the high school parking lot.

The contract, which town staff and school officials said requires no capital outlay from the town or the school district, will deliver utility bill credits under Connecticut’s Non‑Residential Renewable Energy Solutions (NRES) program. "The systems that would be installed will actually send the power back to the street," Adam Sapp, general manager of TitanGen, told the council. TitanGen is the energy manager assisting the district. Sapp and GreenSky representatives projected roughly $100,000 in electricity bill savings in the first year across the four sites and said the credits are fixed for the contract’s 20‑year term.

"We have been working on solar projects since about 2022," Superintendent Dr. Willets told the council, describing the district’s multi‑year effort to…