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Council pauses city solar redesign contract, asks for feasibility analysis after PUC rule changes
Summary
Council declined to approve a $290,000 full redesign contract for a city solar project and directed staff to return with a smaller feasibility and financial analysis first, citing recent Public Utilities Commission changes that materially altered project economics.
Melville — Council members on Feb. 26 pulled item 3B6, a proposed contract to update and re‑bid a city solar project originally designed in 2018, and directed staff to present a narrower, phased scope focused on feasibility and return‑on‑investment before committing to full design work.
Background and concern: The public utilities landscape has shifted since the original 2018 design, council members noted. One council member said the state PUC made changes that reduced solar buyback credits from roughly 30¢/kWh down to a fraction (reported in…
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