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Building committee delays final decision on solar system after state guidance, consultant says
Summary
Select Energy has 'safe-harbored' the proposed solar project and the state Department of Public Utilities issued guidance that may ease National Grid curtailment for small municipal projects. The building committee will wait for a technical model and return in spring with recommendations; final contracts would require school committee approval.
Speaker 10, a project consultant, told the Michelle Ford Regional High School building committee that Select Energy has "safe-harbored" the proposed solar photovoltaic project, preserving federal and state incentive tax credits while the team completes engineering and sizing work. The consultant said that recent guidance from the state Department of Public Utilities could exempt small municipal projects from certain curtailment restrictions National Grid has applied in saturated service areas, reducing short-term risk.
The consultant said the team will evaluate options with and without battery storage and will develop an energy model to determine the right system size and the best possible power purchase…
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