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Subcommittee outlines evaluation path and Letter of Intent to meet safe-harbor rules
Summary
Chair Tanya Bodell described a three-step approval approach—small-group briefings, updates to full School Committee and Select Board, then a formal recommendation—while members emphasized economics, equipment specs, and drafting a Letter of Intent to satisfy safe-harbor requirements; heat-pump installations could increase electrical load and savings.
Chair Tanya Bodell described an approach she called “three touches and an ask” for approving a potential Letter of Intent tied to the solar project: small-group meetings with school and town leadership, updates to the full School Committee and Select Board by evaluation committee representatives, and a final recommendation and vote. The committee agreed to that sequencing as a way to engage stakeholders and preserve decision discipline.
Member Doran Hole said the evaluation committee will focus on the project’s overall economics, equipment specifications, and the formal steps needed to satisfy safe-harbor requirements via a draft Letter of Intent. He added that the planned installation of heat pumps at the schools is likely to increase electrical load and could raise the project’s potential savings. Chair Bodell also noted PowerOptions as an alternative procurement path if the lone bid is judged nonviable; PowerOptions maintains preapproved installers and would not require a Chapter 30B procurement.
