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Sterling Heights pitches $1.18M solar field for city campus; staff say tax credit cuts city cost to about $712K
Summary
A sustainability planner asked council to include a city‑campus rooftop solar project in the FY2027 capital plan, estimating 27% of three municipal buildings’ electricity would be offset, payback in about 8½ years and an estimated after‑tax city cost of roughly $711,754 if the federal 30% investment tax credit applies.
Sterling Heights staff proposed installing rooftop solar on City Hall, the police department and the library as part of the FY2027 capital plan, saying the system would reduce the city’s electricity purchases and support its climate action goals.
"This would reduce our investment down to $711,754," sustainability planner Alexis Weinberg said, describing an initial vendor estimate of…
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