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Resident urges city to move on community solar engineering and subsidy window
Summary
A resident, Jim Hagen, urged council during public comment to accelerate city planning and engineering for community solar on Harbor Island, saying a federal investment tax-credit window and potential economics create urgency.
During the council's first call to the audience on Aug. 4, resident Jim Hagen of 400 Lake urged the city to accelerate engineering and planning work for a community solar installation on Harbor Island, saying a federal incentive window under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) makes the next 11 months critical.
Hagen said a professional layout (Helioscope) showed the site could hold 1,786 panels — producing roughly 1 gigawatt-hour per year, which he said would power an equivalent of about 150 homes — and that his financial modeling…
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