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Colfax council approves solar payment conditional on PG&E permission; freezes sewer rate for next year
Summary
The council approved final payment for a 429 kW solar array at the city wastewater treatment plant on the condition the city first receive a PG&E permission-to-operate letter, and voted to hold sewer service charges at 0% for fiscal year 2025–26 citing expected power savings from the new system.
The Colfax City Council approved a resolution on June 20 to issue payment for a 429-kilowatt solar array at the city wastewater treatment plant, but councilmembers required the city to receive a permission-to-operate letter from Pacific Gas & Electric before disbursing funds. The council separately voted to set sewer service charges at a 0% increase for fiscal year 2025–26, citing projected power savings from the new solar system and operational improvements at the plant.
City staff told the council the solar field was built under a 2021 construction grant agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board and was designed and installed by Holt Renewables. The city manager said the array was completed and that Holt Renewables had arranged interconnection with PG&E, but the council conditioned final payment on receiving PG&E’s formal permission-to-operate (PTO) letter.
"Holt Renewables met with PG&E. They've gone through…
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