Cumberland council authorizes manager to negotiate buyout, expansion and new PPA with Revision Energy

Cumberland Town Council on Monday authorized the town manager to negotiate with Revision Energy on purchase options for the existing solar array, a proposed expansion and a new power‑purchase agreement, the council voted unanimously after a lengthy workshop and public discussion.

Council members said the decision was time‑sensitive because federal and state changes affect tax credits, permitting and interconnection timetables. Revision Energy representative Guy Marshall told the council the project team must start paperwork and equipment procurement in the coming weeks to preserve federal incentives and the current net‑energy billing terms.

Marshall said the proposed addition will be separate from the town’s existing tariff‑credit array so the older system retains its grandfathered monetary credit. “We don’t wanna change that. It’s an opportunity you will never get again,” Marshall said of the existing tariff credits, and he described the new section as producing “kilowatt hour credits … it’s all going out to the grid, every drop of it.”

Why it matters: Marshall and town staff said combining the existing field and the…