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Middleton committee declines purchase of MG&E-owned police-station solar array, approves battery funding
Summary
After reviewing MG&E’s valuation and payback assumptions for a 2016-installed 100 kW array, the Middleton Sustainability Committee voted unanimously to decline buying the system and instead approved a roughly $29,700 change order to add battery storage to the police station project.
Middleton — The city’s Sustainability Committee voted unanimously to decline an option to purchase a 100-kilowatt solar array installed by MG&E and instead approved a separate change order to add battery storage to the police station solar project.
Bill Burns, the city’s finance director, summarized the 2016 lease and purchase agreement with MG&E and said the utility provided a buyout price of $81,733. Staff analysis found that after the agreement’s fair-market valuation method and an estimated after‑tax adjustment (about $22,000), the transaction would not provide a net financial benefit to the city. Burns told the committee the city also could pursue an appraisal…
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