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Board approves $22 million energy and facilities package including solar canopies, EV charging and HVAC upgrades
Summary
The Western Placer Unified School District Board approved contracts and a financing plan to install solar canopies at five schools, add EV charging (including bus charging), replace LED lighting districtwide and replace classroom HVAC units at 12 Bridges Middle School, using a 25-year certificate of participation to be repaid from guaranteed and projected energy and maintenance savings.
The Western Placer Unified School District Board approved a districtwide energy and facilities package intended to reduce utility costs and fund facility upgrades through energy savings and financing.
Audrey, a district staff member leading the project presentation, told trustees the package combines near-term facility needs and energy-generation work: replacement of 47 single-zone HVAC units in classrooms at 12 Bridges Middle School; solar canopy arrays and EV charging at five school parking lots; electric-bus charging and a DC fast charger at the transportation yard; and LED lighting replacements across the district.
Jeff Small of Capital Public Finance Group, the district—inancial advisor, described the planned financing and federal subsidy expectations: "It's about a $2,700,000 subsidy payment," he said, referring to the federal tax-credit subsidy the district expects to receive under current law. Board materials and staff placed the total project cost at about $22,000,000, allocated roughly as follows:…
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