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Upper Darby won $2.4M state solar award; board weighs federal aid uncertainty and possible $5M roof costs
Summary
District was awarded approximately $2.4 million in state Solar for Schools funds for six schools; staff presented a $6.7 million project estimate (solar + efficiency) and warned that potential roof replacements could add up to $5.2 million and that federal incentives remain uncertain.
District operations staff told the Finance and Operations Committee that Upper Darby School District was awarded approximately $2.4 million in state Solar for Schools funds to install about 1.9 megawatts of solar capacity across six candidate schools, and that the award could be supplemented by roughly $2.3 million in federal incentives under an optimistic scenario.
Marvin Lee, the district's director of operations, presented the grant background and a high-level financial model. Lee said the district solicited more than a dozen companies, selected a feasibility consultant as required by the grant, and estimated solar-installation costs at roughly $6.2 million. When combined with recommended energy-efficiency upgrades the package totaled about $6.7 million; the presentation…
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