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Fair board authorizes executive director to finalize $2 million solar project with Nashville Electric Service
Summary
The Board of Fair Commissioners authorized the executive director to finish contract talks and sign agreements to install rooftop solar at the fairgrounds under a TVA/NES flexibility program; about $2 million in capital was already budgeted and a 30% federal investment tax credit is available if the project proceeds quickly.
The Board of Fair Commissioners voted to authorize the executive director to finalize and sign contracts with Nashville Electric Service to install a rooftop solar array at the fairgrounds, a project for which roughly $2,000,000 in capital spending had already been authorized.
Kendra Apkowitz, an operational infrastructure official in the mayor’s office, told the board the proposal uses a TVA/NES flexibility program that would allow the fairgrounds to install the maximum feasible rooftop array and sell the generated power to Nashville Electric Service. "Under the flexibility program, we would actually be maxing out the amount of solar we can install on…
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