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Community solar pitch to district cites potential $432,913 annual electricity savings
Summary
A presenter urged Peoria SD 150 to pursue a community solar agreement that he said could cut the district's electricity costs by about 20%, claiming a potential annual saving of $432,913 compared with current bills of roughly $3.19 million.
A community member, Nathan McCarthy, told the board the district pays "a little over $3,200,000 a year on electricity" and urged the district to consider a 20% community-solar discount his group is offering.
McCarthy said his proposal could credit the district "2,164,208" (as presented) and "saving the district, $432,913 per year." He pointed to other local and regional partners who had taken similar agreements and said the program would be the best offer in the state. Dr. Bell said she would be willing to follow up and set a meeting to discuss the proposal.
McCarthy asked staff and counsel to review the program's legal and contract implications if trustees wanted to pursue it; the item was presented as public comment and no formal board commitment was made during the meeting.
