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Oceanside updates energy performance contract; $1 million federal solar incentive noted but funding uncertain
Summary
District staff reported near-completion of an 11-measure energy performance contract, noted realized savings and said the district has applied for an EPA/Inflation Reduction Act federal incentive for solar panels estimated at roughly $1 million, but federal funding commitments remain uncertain.
District facilities staff told the Oceanside Board of Education on June 11 that the district is in the final stages of completing an 11-measure energy performance contract intended to reduce energy use and operating costs across district buildings.
Facilities staff member Jarrell Coakley said construction began in winter 2023 and most measures are finishing in the coming weeks. The measures include steam-trap upgrades, boiler burner controls, plug-load controls, building weatherization, mechanical insulation, unit ventilator improvements in older wings of schools 3, 4 and 5, a high‑school auditorium HVAC replacement, building automation and direct digital controls, LED lighting upgrades and solar panel installations.
Coakley said the district is already seeing some of the guaranteed savings projected when the contract was signed and that the contractor and project manager have applied for additional rebates and incentives. "To that end, Oceanside has recently been approved for a federally funded incentive, under the Environmental Protection Agency that has to do with us installing solar panels on all of our schools, under the Inflation Reduction Act," he said, adding that on paper the incentive looks to be approximately $1 million. He cautioned that federal program funding is in flux and the district is monitoring developments.
The board was told there remain outstanding punch-list items — occupancy sensors and bringing the high-school solar system fully online — and that the district plans to post before-and-after documentation of each energy conservation measure on the district website once work is complete.
Coakley said the district and its contractors continue to pursue rebates and incentives beyond the original guaranteed-savings calculations and that final funding details for federal incentives remain unresolved.
The update was informational; the board took no contract action at the June meeting.
