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Tolland Board Hears Solar Proposal for Four School Sites; Vendor Would Cover Costs
Summary
The Tolland Board of Education on Tuesday heard a presentation from Titan Gen about rooftop and parking‑canopy solar projects at four school sites that the vendor says could generate roughly $120,000 a year in combined savings and revenue while requiring no up‑front district capital.
The Tolland Board of Education on Tuesday discussed a multi‑site solar proposal presented by Adam Teff of Titan Gen, a Connecticut Conference of Municipalities partner, that would place rooftop arrays at Birchgrove, the intermediate school and the middle school and a parking‑canopy array at the high school.
The pitch centers on a 20‑year power‑purchase agreement in which a developer would own, operate and maintain the panels and the district would buy the solar power at a fixed per‑kilowatt‑hour rate or receive a fixed annual payment for a front‑of‑meter carport. Teff told the board that changes in the state’s Non‑Residential Renewable Energy Solutions (NRES) program for 2025 — including a school‑specific funding pool and a first‑come, first‑served incentive allocation — made the projects financially viable again.
Why it matters: the package presented would require no up‑front capital from the district and, as outlined by Teff, could yield both annual utility bill savings and an annual payment from a carport project. Teff said the combined…
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