[CPEO-BIF] Solar farm planned for Rutland, Vermont manufactured gas site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Press Release
Green Mountain Power
August 2, 2012

GMP: First Rutland solar project re-imagines brownfield

RUTLAND, Vt. - Signaling the first step in Green Mountain Power's  
effort to make Rutland a leading solar-reliant and energy-innovative  
community, GMP issued a request for bids for a 150-kilowatt solar  
farm to be built on a recently rehabilitated brownfield.

"This project will bring the site full-circle," GMP President and CEO  
Mary Powell said. "It's an innovative use of the property and returns  
it to a productive use that is good for the company, the community  
and our customers. And it's in keeping with GMP's commitment to  
produce, clean, reliable energy while respecting our environment."

The RFP, issued today and distributed to all Renewable Energy Vermont  
members, seeks a solar developer to take the project, once permitted  
by the Vermont Public Service Board, through construction to  
interconnection with the electric grid. The project, if approved,  
will be nestled onto a company-owned 3-acre lot between West Street,  
Cleveland Avenue and East Creek. The project will be three times the  
size of the solar site on Route 7 in Rutland Town. The panels will be  
placed close together to maximize site output.

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For the entire release, see
http://vtdigger.org/2012/08/03/gmp-first-rutland-solar-project-re- 
imagines-brownfield/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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