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Town hears energy performance contracting pitch; wastewater plant and battery storage flagged as priorities
Summary
Consultants from Verigee outlined an energy performance contracting (EPC) approach for Grand Island, emphasizing Article 9 procurement, a no-cost preliminary assessment, an RFP process, and potential projects at the wastewater plant (identified as ~2.5M gallons) including solar and battery-storage options.
Steve Botita, with Verigee, and Sam Marotta, a development architect/engineer, presented an energy performance contracting (EPC) model to the Grand Island Town Board in Workshop No. 3. The consultants described an RFP-driven procurement under New York State’s Article 9 that they said allows municipalities to fund energy-focused capital replacements from operational dollars rather than voter-approved capital levies.
"We've reached the point of, we know there's an opportunity for the town of Grand Island," Botita said, introducing the firm’s scope and recent experience. Marotta explained the EPC model: consultants perform a feasibility analysis, identify energy savings tied to capital replacements and produce an engineered, guaranteed-savings plan that can be packaged for municipal leasing or…
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