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Pullman board hears plan for low-cost solar energy and community funds under PPA
Summary
An energy consultant outlined a proposal to install rooftop solar at four Pullman School District sites under a 10-year power purchase agreement that would charge the district roughly 3.7¢/kWh for the generated power, cost the district nothing up front for 10 years, and direct program incentives into low-income community services.
The Pullman Public Schools board of directors on June 25 heard a detailed presentation on a proposed solar power purchase agreement (PPA) that would place solar arrays on four district properties and use state incentives to subsidize low-income community services.
David Funk, an energy consultant with Zen, told the board the company has secured an Avista interconnection approval and a Washington State incentive and is asking the district to consider four separate 100-kilowatt AC PPAs for Kamiak Elementary, the bus depot, Lincoln Middle School and the high school. "There is no cost associated with this for Pullman School District to get up and running for the first 10 years," Funk said, adding the PPA rate for Pullman would be about "3.7¢ per kilowatt hour" with a 2 percent annual escalation.
The nut graf: The proposal pairs up-front incentive dollars with a private developer-operated PPA to generate energy savings for the district while channeling a portion of incentive proceeds into community programs (for example, STEM, workforce…
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