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Palm Springs Unified hears energy-management update as district cites rising costs and underperforming solar contracts
Summary
Assistant director Kent Hems and SiteLogic consultant Shai Erman told the board the district is using a new utility dashboard and battery storage to manage soaring energy costs, reported a projected $6.8 million energy spend this fiscal year, and said some third-party solar contracts have underperformed, prompting legal outreach.
At its April 28 meeting, the Palm Springs Unified School District received a facilities briefing on energy management and solar production from Assistant Director of Facilities and Planning Kent Hems and Shai Erman of SiteLogic.
"Our goal in managing all this is affordability and trying to reduce our energy costs," Kent Hems said, outlining district efforts that include solar generation, battery energy storage, upgraded HVAC and lighting controls, and new electric-vehicle charging stations. Hems and Shai presented a publicly available utility dashboard the district will use to monitor electricity, natural…
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