Trustee questions Arch Solar deal after incentive cut reduces projected return
At a special village board session, trustees reviewed the final Arch Solar agreement for a RecPlex rooftop system after a 10% domestic-content adder was removed. Staff cited a roughly $1.7 million investment with long-term electricity savings; a trustee said the change was "material."
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The village board met in a special session to reconsider the final form of the agreement to install a solar-panel system on the RecPlex roof. Bridal Briggs, the executive director of Parks and Recreation, presented the project’s projected costs and long-term savings, saying, “The initial investment calls for . . . 1,700,000 for us to come in and put in the infrastructure to experience roughly a $3,000,000 savings in electricity over the long term. If we receive the rebates, that goes up to about 3,800,000 in in return.”
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