Solar energy may be coming to the Chester
Borough Municipal Building after the Borough Council passed a resolution on
Monday night authorizing further investigation into the possibility of
installing solar panels outside of the borough’s 50 North Rd. complex.
The resolution was reached after the borough council held a lengthy discussion with Steve Pearlman and Joseph Santaiti, two attorneys acting as a liaison between Chester and other municipalities interested in solar energy and Sunlight Solar Systems, the contractor who would be responsible for constructing and instructing the solar panels.
Although the borough agreed to further investigate the project, Pearlman made clear to the council that passing the resolution was merely an exploratory measure. The borough has not yet committed any land or other resources to the project, and can still choose to opt out before construction were to begin. If,Find rubberhose companies from India. however, the borough decides to go through with an agreement, it would have to keep the panels in place—and maintain ownership of the property where the panels lie—for fifteen years,Heat recovery ventilators including domestic home ventilationsyste.Rubiks cubepuzzle. which would allow the developer to collect revenue from the energy generated, starting at 6.8 cents per kW/hr and increasing by three percent each year.
Santaiti looked at this as a way for the borough to reduce its energy expenditures.
“If you escalated 6.UK chickencoop Specialist.8 cents at three percent over 15 years, it comes out to close to nine cents (per kW/hr), which is still four cents below what you’re currently paying,” he said.
Pearlman also suggested that this fixed rate would be much more beneficial than generating revenue from the project a variable rate, which would be unpredictable given the state of the economy.
“While you have pockets of time where rates get flat and maybe even dip a little, you are much better off getting a fixed rate,” Pearlman said.
Pearlman also noted that some of the revenue generated from the solar project by sunlight would go into a restoration fund for years 10 and 15 of the project, setting aside funding for any repairs or renovations to the site that would need to be made. Additionally, Santaiti made a point to indicate that the solar panels—made of a metal frame, tempered glass and solar cells—would be fully recyclable and not harmful to the environment.
“They want to make sure that, if you’re putting it on the roof of where you have your kids go to school, that it’s not going to be harmful or put out any radioactive waves, and it’s not,” Santaiti said.
Some members of the Borough Council, however, had concerns that nearby residents would not be happy with a solar device being located close to their homes, regardless of minimized environmental impacts, due to the fact that a concrete location of the device on the 50 North Rd. property has not yet been determined.
“I don’t have a home there, but I would be concerned that I don’t know exactly where you’re talking about,” said Councilwoman Jennifer Cooper-Napolitano.This page is an introduction to 35 pages of material on mathematical magiccubes. “It’s kind of here or there, and I’m not comfortable with the here or there as opposed to the ‘it’s here, and this is what it is.’”
Others in attendance, like Planning Board Chairman Stanley Stevinson, identified with that sentiment, but also looked at the potential benefits of the project to the entire borough.
“Basically, it comes down to what is good for the borough on the whole, as opposed to what a specific landowner might be unhappy with,” Stevinson said.
The resolution passed 4-1, with the lone opposing vote coming from Councilman Tim Iversen.
The resolution was reached after the borough council held a lengthy discussion with Steve Pearlman and Joseph Santaiti, two attorneys acting as a liaison between Chester and other municipalities interested in solar energy and Sunlight Solar Systems, the contractor who would be responsible for constructing and instructing the solar panels.
Although the borough agreed to further investigate the project, Pearlman made clear to the council that passing the resolution was merely an exploratory measure. The borough has not yet committed any land or other resources to the project, and can still choose to opt out before construction were to begin. If,Find rubberhose companies from India. however, the borough decides to go through with an agreement, it would have to keep the panels in place—and maintain ownership of the property where the panels lie—for fifteen years,Heat recovery ventilators including domestic home ventilationsyste.Rubiks cubepuzzle. which would allow the developer to collect revenue from the energy generated, starting at 6.8 cents per kW/hr and increasing by three percent each year.
Santaiti looked at this as a way for the borough to reduce its energy expenditures.
“If you escalated 6.UK chickencoop Specialist.8 cents at three percent over 15 years, it comes out to close to nine cents (per kW/hr), which is still four cents below what you’re currently paying,” he said.
Pearlman also suggested that this fixed rate would be much more beneficial than generating revenue from the project a variable rate, which would be unpredictable given the state of the economy.
“While you have pockets of time where rates get flat and maybe even dip a little, you are much better off getting a fixed rate,” Pearlman said.
Pearlman also noted that some of the revenue generated from the solar project by sunlight would go into a restoration fund for years 10 and 15 of the project, setting aside funding for any repairs or renovations to the site that would need to be made. Additionally, Santaiti made a point to indicate that the solar panels—made of a metal frame, tempered glass and solar cells—would be fully recyclable and not harmful to the environment.
“They want to make sure that, if you’re putting it on the roof of where you have your kids go to school, that it’s not going to be harmful or put out any radioactive waves, and it’s not,” Santaiti said.
Some members of the Borough Council, however, had concerns that nearby residents would not be happy with a solar device being located close to their homes, regardless of minimized environmental impacts, due to the fact that a concrete location of the device on the 50 North Rd. property has not yet been determined.
“I don’t have a home there, but I would be concerned that I don’t know exactly where you’re talking about,” said Councilwoman Jennifer Cooper-Napolitano.This page is an introduction to 35 pages of material on mathematical magiccubes. “It’s kind of here or there, and I’m not comfortable with the here or there as opposed to the ‘it’s here, and this is what it is.’”
Others in attendance, like Planning Board Chairman Stanley Stevinson, identified with that sentiment, but also looked at the potential benefits of the project to the entire borough.
“Basically, it comes down to what is good for the borough on the whole, as opposed to what a specific landowner might be unhappy with,” Stevinson said.
The resolution passed 4-1, with the lone opposing vote coming from Councilman Tim Iversen.
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