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Board reviews EcoG Energy plan for community solar canopy at 250 Bryant Avenue; returns item for staff comments
Summary
EcoG Energy presented a 600 kW (AC) / 710 kW (DC) community solar parking‑canopy proposal at 250 Bryant Avenue. The applicant said it secured a height variance and is pursuing subscriber signups under New York’s community solar program; the project will return after staff comments for formal site‑plan action.
EcoG Energy presented a site‑plan amendment proposing a solar parking canopy at 250 Bryant Avenue sized at 600 kilowatts AC (approximately 710 kW DC) intended to serve as a community solar project under New York state programs.
Michael Shelter, associate director of project management at EcoG Energy, said the canopy system will sit above an existing parking area and that the project secured a height variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals to accommodate the lot slope; the applicant also said it received a one‑year extension on that zoning approval. “This is a 600 kilowatt AC, 710 kilowatt DC, solar parking canopy at 250 Bryant Avenue,” Shelter said, and added that the project team is working to enroll subscribers through NYSERDA and the state’s community solar framework.
Shelter and the board discussed technical and programmatic details: the project’s maximum canopy height reaches roughly 29 feet at the eastern end due to lot slope; EcoG said it expects the canopy to serve on the order of 100 subscribing households and that the installation’s design life is about 35 years. EcoG said it had engaged with Memorial United and planned outreach to White Plains residents; the community solar model provides bill credits to subscribers rather than direct delivery of electrons to subscribers’ meters.
Planning staff told the board they will circulate city‑department comments before the board’s next meeting. The board will take action on the site plan after staff responses and the applicant completes any requested changes; the applicant was told to return to the Feb. 18 meeting with responses to staff comments. No formal vote was taken at this meeting.
