Central Midlands COG outlines EPA-funded solar plan for Batesburg-Leesville wastewater plant

Jory, a planner with the Central Midlands Council of Governments (COG), briefed the Batesburg-Leesville Town Council on a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant the COG applied for that would fund a solar array adjacent to the town's wastewater treatment plant.

The grant presentation said the COG's program would support multiple Midlands communities and the COG identified a potential solar site next to the town's plant. Jory said the COG's model shows the array would reduce the plant's electricity costs substantially: "The way I like to think about solar is, of course, it has environmental benefits, but it's also a money printing machine that decreases the electric bill," Jory said.

Jory told council members the COG estimated a…