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Gerlach CAB to consider letter supporting DOE microgrid technical‑assistance application
Summary
Washoe County staff asked the Gerlach Citizens Advisory Board to approve a letter of support for a Department of Energy technical‑assistance award to develop detailed engineering and investment plans for a solar electric microgrid and a geothermal district‑heating microgrid for Gerlach.
Brian Beffert asked the Gerlach Citizens Advisory Board to endorse Washoe County’s application to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (CMAP) to develop engineering schematics and investment plans for a solar electric microgrid and a geothermal district‑heating microgrid.
The request came during the board’s regular meeting when Beffert summarized past work in Gerlach, including a solar microgrid feasibility study by the University of Nevada, Reno’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an older geothermal district‑heating feasibility study. Beffert said the next step is “to develop detailed engineering schematics and investment plans, so we…
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