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Vendor outlines $2.07 million countywide energy project and federal incentives; council presentation requested

Scott County Board of Commissioners · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Bergey consultant Rick Anderson presented a guaranteed-energy-savings plan for Scott County that would add solar arrays, geothermal and control upgrades and showed projected utility savings and an Inflation Reduction Act incentive the presentation listed at about $862,250; commissioners agreed a joint briefing to county council is needed before funding decisions.

Rick Anderson of Bergey told Scott County commissioners on Nov. 19 that a guaranteed energy savings project could combine solar PV, geothermal retrofits for the courthouse, building-control upgrades, and other efficiency measures into an integrated contract under Indiana law (IC 36-1-12.5). Anderson said the approach lets the county use an RFQ/RFP process without later change-order risk and shifts much of the procurement risk to the contractor.

Anderson displayed cash-flow projections that, as presented, showed an…

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