CARBONDALE —Town officials here are planning to ask constituents where to put solar-panel arrays that will both reduce the town’s electric bills and add to the town’s already established reputation for being at the forefront of the alternative energy movement.
The board of trustees earlier this year hired the Sunsense company, based in Carbondale, to fashion a proposal for signing “Solar Power Purchase Agreements” for installing solar arrays on town-owned property, so the town can begin using the energy generated by those arrays to reduce the amount of power it buys from utilities.
“There could be some potential for the town to maximize its solar potential,” Town Manager Jay Harrington told the board of trustees at a work session on Tuesday.
As the proposal stands, the town is considering solar installations:
• On the ground adjacent to the Roaring Fork Water Treatment Plant at the edge of the Delaney Nature Park on the northeastern edge of town;
• On the roof of the PAC 3 auditorium at the Third Street Center;
• And on the roof of the town’s public works garage, located behind the Grand Junction Pipe business on Highway 133.
