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Tompkins County accepts Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy credits, moves ahead with boilers and solar canopy after geothermal grant miss
Summary
The Tompkins County Facilities and Infrastructure Committee approved a resolution to accept about $1.7 million in federal clean-energy tax credits and authorized phase 2 work after a $2 million state grant for geothermal was not awarded; boiler replacements and a solar canopy will proceed under a notice to proceed.
Tompkins County’s Facilities and Infrastructure Committee on Jan. 16 voted to accept approximately $1.7 million in clean-energy tax credits made available under the federal Inflation Reduction Act and authorized deployments for green fleet and green facilities projects.
The move, taken by unanimous voice vote after a motion by Mike and second by Susan, will allow the county to recover credit-eligible costs already spent on electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles and certain building energy projects and to reinvest proceeds in additional green projects.
The credits were described by Terry Carroll of the Department of Planning and Sustainability as “a little over $1,700,000 in funding, from the federal government” tied to past purchases of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles and a geothermal system installed for county facilities. Carroll said the credits are available because of…
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