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Board hears update on district solar system; contractor identifies loose Ethernet port
Summary
At a Oct. 26, 2021 special session, MSD of New Durham Township school officials reported the district solar array has been fully online since Oct. 9; NIPSCO continues checks and Performance Services identified a loose Ethernet port as the likely cause of intermittent communications and will return to secure the connection.
The MSD of New Durham Township School Board on Oct. 26 received a status report on the district’s solar array, including an identified communications fault that staff said they plan to repair.
Staff reported the array has been fully online since Oct. 9. The utility NIPSCO continues to perform checks on the system, and contractor Performance Services inspected the equipment during rainy conditions and identified a loose Ethernet port that can be shifted just enough to cause the array to go offline. Staff said the contractor is researching repair plans and will return to secure the connection.
The update matters because the district’s monitoring and communications link is used to track performance and detect outages; district staff framed the troubleshooting as a technical fix rather than a performance failure. The minutes do not specify an expected repair date or any operational impact to classrooms or energy savings figures.
The report was presented as information during the special session; no motion or vote was recorded on the solar item. The minutes also reiterate the district mission: "to Inspire, Challenge, and Educate." The session opened at 4:02 p.m. and adjourned at 4:09 p.m.
