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Select Board withdraws partial federal grant application for fire-station solar project, approves generator change order
Summary
After learning a federal/community project funding source would only cover roughly 35% of a proposed solar-and-battery package and asked for a sizeable local match, the Swansea Select Board voted to withdraw the application; the board separately approved a $35,040 change order to upgrade the fire-station generator and related electrical work.
The Swansea Select Board voted to withdraw a pending grant application for a proposed solar-plus-battery package at the town’s fire station after the funding office indicated it would provide only about 35% of the project cost and asked the town to commit roughly half the balance.
Paul (chair of the town’s Energy Commission) told the board the funding reviewer said the project ranked among the strongest submissions but that committee rules limited the award to roughly 35 percent and the town would need to promise roughly $200,000 to move the application forward. "I don't know if you got $200,000 lying around anywhere," Paul said, describing the office's request for a local match.
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