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Gerlach advisory board approves letter backing Washoe County DOE microgrid application
Summary
The Gerlach Citizens Advisory Board voted to have Chair Tina Walters sign and submit a letter supporting Washoe County’s application to the Department of Energy’s Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership, citing frequent outages and local renewable resources. Public commenters raised geothermal and tribal coordination on fire services.
The Gerlach Citizens Advisory Board voted unanimously to approve a letter of support asking the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy to consider Washoe County’s application to the Department of Energy’s Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership.
The letter, signed by Chair Tina Walters on behalf of the board, says Gerlach — described in the letter as a town of about 120 people, roughly half retired and located more than 100 miles from the nearest metropolitan area — experiences both summer and winter power outages that leave residents without electricity. The letter says the town’s local solar, wind and geothermal resources make it “uniquely suited to become a model” for renewable energy, storage and smart-grid…
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