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Council reviews floating-solar lease proposal for wastewater lagoons; staff recommends moving to council
Summary
Director Jeff Taylor presented a lease proposal with TPSR/Third Pillar Solar to install floating solar arrays on wastewater lagoons and export power to Ameren; staff said the lease could produce roughly $130,000 annually based on a 13.7 MW estimate and recommended forwarding it to council. Vendor and staff answered questions on sludge, maintenance, decommissioning security and revenue allocation.
The City Council session considered a proposal to lease city wastewater lagoons for floating solar arrays and voted to advance the matter to the next council meeting for further review.
Jeff Taylor, the city’s director, described the site as overflow lagoons used during heavy rain events rather than sludge-storage ponds and said plant operators raised no operational concerns about floating solar. The company identified in the resolution, TPSR Illinois Solar 5 LLC (Third Pillar Solar), proposed a development-period payment and an ongoing annual payment once operational. The…
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