Dive Summary:
- Constellation will finance and operate the project and the school district will purchase solar panels at a fixed rate from Constellation under a 20-year services agreement.
- Four schools will have solar power systems, which will collectively generate an estimated 75 percent of the district’s electricity needs.
- Constellation completed a similar project in Buckeye, AZ in January of 2012; the Casa Grande project should be completed by the end of this year.
From the article:
Constellation announced the development of an aggregate 4.35-MW solar generation project for the Casa Grande Union High School District in Casa Grande, Ariz. Constellation will finance as well as own and operate the solar power systems.
In return, the school district will purchase and receive all of the electricity generated by the solar panels at a fixed rate from Constellation under a 20-year solar services agreement. ...