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Commissioners Hear Solar-Array Proposal; Committee Urges March vote to Preserve Federal Credit
Summary
A citizen-led solar exploratory committee presented three bids for a jail-mounted solar array, outlined financing that would require roughly $100,000 up front and an 80% loan, and warned a federal 30% incentive requires 5% of the project initiated by July 4, 2026; the committee requested a March 9 commission vote and delegation approval.
A Solar Exploratory Committee asked Carroll County commissioners on Feb. 20 to consider a solar array for county property, presenting three bids and urging a March decision to preserve a federal incentive.
The committee — including Ward Sinclair and members who said they’d solicited multiple quotes — told commissioners that Barrington Power’s proposal (~$404,000) is the lowest-price, Revision Energy quoted highest (~$519,000), and New England Clean Energy was intermediate. Committee members said they adjusted routing and inverter-location options to make the bids ‘apples to apples,’ and added an option to place inverters indoors to reduce replacement costs for about $6,000.
Why it matters: the committee’s financial model…
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