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District reports $51,000 in electric-bill savings; geothermal and IRA incentives cited for future funding
Summary
Waunakee officials said energy-management provider Data Wrangler has produced roughly $51,000 in electric-bill savings year-over-year and that federal incentives tied to the Inflation Reduction Act could generate multi-million-dollar reimbursements for the district’s middle-school geothermal and solar work.
At the Oct. 6 budget committee meeting Waunakee officials reported energy-management work and grants have produced measurable savings and that federal incentives tied to geothermal and solar installations may yield large reimbursements.
Rebecca (staff member) said the district has seen about $51,000 in electric-bill savings measured month-to-month compared with the prior year and that a utility-bill-verified savings payment of between $20,000 and $40,000 could be returned to the district through a state grant program. The district also received a $10,000 implementation grant from Waunakee Utilities/Wisconsin Public Power and is using Data Wrangler’s monitoring tools.
Rebecca said the district recently received an IRS reimbursement check for its Heritage project (a check sent in the mail) and that…
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