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Monroe Township reviews $15 million ESIP solar plan; Schneider Electric presents scope, savings and timeline
Summary
Schneider Electric presented a final ESIP proposal to the Monroe Township Council on Aug. 4 that would install municipal solar systems (rooftops, parking-canopy carports and a floating array) plus lighting and building-envelope improvements, with the firm projecting multi‑million-dollar savings and federal incentives to offset much of the roughly $15 million cost.
Schneider Electric presented a final proposal to the Monroe Township Council on Aug. 4 for an Energy Savings Improvement Program that would install on-site solar, covered parking canopies, LED sports-field lighting and building envelope improvements at municipal facilities.
Dan Regal, a Schneider Electric project lead, told the council the plan targets three goals: drive budgetary savings, reinvest savings into capital needs and improve sustainability through on-site solar. He said the package under discussion is a roughly $15,000,000 project that combines rooftop systems, large parking canopies at the Department of Public Works and the library, rooftop arrays for EMS/police facilities and a floating solar array on the utilities pond. Regal said the firm estimates about $21,600,000 in utility savings, incentives and revenue over a 20-year lifespan given…
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