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Alderman Laws
Thank you and speaking of technology, it tells us that 18 months from now there is going to be cheaper or
smaller solar panels right?
Mr. Hasselbeck It tells us that about computers.
Alderman Laws
Ok but it has nothing to do with this technology?
Mr. Hasselbeck It actually doesn't.
Alderman Laws
Is it upgradable if there is new technology that comes out?
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Alderman Clemons
Ok thank you.
Aldermen Jette
So is the purpose to provide the electrical for the electrical needs of the building on which the solar panels sit
more than generating electricity that could be used elsewhere. | mean I’m wondering why we are putting them
on buildings to begin with, | mean why not put them on like a solar farm, on land. You’d avoid all the problems
with roofs and whether the building can support it and all that stuff.
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So it’s basically our job to figure out what the best end result is, taking all those factors into consideration which
is why we landed on these first kind of few buildings here to kind of strategically maximize both the financial and
environmental benefits to the City.
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of concerned before we go down this road, which is | think is definitely worthwhile. But | Know there’s in total, we
have the dams that are generating and we are getting some net metering with that. And put these other projects
and pile that on, is there any jeopardy or anything are we going to top off that we are generating too much?
Ms. Chisolm
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Alderman Laws
| remember vaguely someone once said there is 1 million square feet of roofage in our public school system and
| am just wondering why that hasn’t been a consideration. | feel like those are, some of them are relatively
recent structures that could support it.
President Wilshire
Alderman Dowd did you want to take a shot at that?
Alderman Dowd
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power. He has got an excellent background in solar and renewable energy so he was really able to dive into the
pricing that was being offered by all the competitors. As is turned out Revision Energy was for us the preferred
vendor. So far, | mean the selection was made several weeks ago, a couple of months ago and | know
Revision is really chomping at the bit to get started on this. We have been working very closely with them. It
has been a bit of a challenge to find the right properties.
