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Riverside trustees opt to keep electrical aggregation as primary program; agree to expand resident education on community solar options
Summary
After a staff presentation on community solar options and potential consultant costs, trustees agreed Feb. 6 to maintain the village's electrical aggregation program as the primary approach to procuring green energy and to increase public information about community solar subscribers residents can enroll in independently.
Village staff briefed the Board of Trustees Feb. 6 on community solar options and the trade-offs between the village promoting a single community solar vendor, hiring an independent consultant for public education, or continuing solely with the existing electrical aggregation program.
Clerk Sowell described staff's estimate that hiring a neutral consultant for public education would cost roughly $50 per hour for 100 to 200 hours annually (an estimated $5,000—10,000 per year). Staff also summarized outreach to the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and Oak Park's Sustainability and…
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