What’s It All About: Ever wonder about those offers you get in the mail? Interpreting Energy Cost and Comparing Alternate Suppliers’ Offers.
Cynthia Riely of the Maryland Office of the People’s Counsel will be discussing Energy Cost Comparison, Energy Brokers and Available Alternative Suppliers. Come find out what’s a “Good Deal”.
As part of Poolesville Day, Poolesville Green has coordinated with the town to host the 2014 National Drive Electric Week Car Show. We also had 14 of the cars in the Poolesville Day Parade and 35 Electric Vehicles (EV) and Plug-In Electric Vehicles (PHEV) in the show.
On of our sponsors, EGO made a great video of the event:
Visitors got to Test Drive/Ride many of the EVs on a closed test track:.
Getting up and close to the vehicles, their owners, and some dealerships.
Several high level town, county and state executives spoke and our very own Poolesville Green Executive Director Joyce Breiner spoke. Representatives of UGI Performance Solution and Standard Solar also spoke at the event. Speakers included Jim Brown (Town of Poolesville President), Tony Clifford (from Standard Solar, Inc ), Charles Miller (General Manager UGI) Ike Leggett (Montgomery County Executive), Brian Feldman (Maryland State Senator), Roger Berliner (Montgomery County Council Member).
Poolesville leads the way with the first such city/town facility in county. Tony Clifford says that in 12 months of operations the Array will save Poolesville about $30k in electric cost and reduce the carbon footprint by about 2.4 million pounds of CO2 per year or about 1.2 million pounds of coal.
Latest photo update: The Poolesville Solar Array keeps growing by the day.
Poolesville Town Solar Array Information Evening
You are invited to attend this Free Informative Evening to Hear…
Featured Speakers:
Jim Brown, President, Commissioners, Town of Poolesville
Lee Bristol, Commercial Installations, Standard Solar, Inc.
Free; RSVPs requested here on FaceBook or at
Town Commissioners have voted 4 to 1. Poolesville will have a solar array producing enough electricity to operate the town’s 6 largest electric meters including the waste water treatment plant. The solar array will go online by the end of the year. Kudos to the Commissioners, Town Attorney, and Town Manager for the diligent and thorough work over the past two years. Congratulations to local clean energy employer, Standard Solar in winning the contract.
Update: Solar Array in Poolesville…There was a good turnout at the commissioners meeting Monday night and the presentation by Standard Solar was very good. Outcome: the commissioners took an interim vote to continue moving forward investigating the project. There is no clear indication when the final vote will come and a contract approved. Apparently, there are some issues that need to be worked out. Don’t ask; don’t know what they are. The Commissioners are doing their due diligence (good). I strongly urge that town residents keep tuned in and make their thoughts known on the matter by calling, emailing or talking to them – how ’bout at Poolesville Day! Look for information on the Solar Array at the Poolesville GreenBooth on Poolesville Day.
TOWN SOLAR ARRAY COMING TO POOLESVILLE?.. Maybe/Maybe Not..Get Informed….Plan to Attend the next Commissioners’ Meeting, on this coming Monday night September 10th at 7:30pm. There will be a presentation & answers session regarding the Solar Array by Standard Solar, a local company and nationwide supplier of solar. Citizens will have an opportunity to make statements, ask questions or just listen to get informed. NOW is the time to speak up, however. The solar array project is NOT a DONE DEAL. After the meeting, the Commissioners will hold a work session to discuss next steps with this project, which could be to move forward or drop it outright. Commissioners need to hear from YOU. Unable to attend? Send your comments to the commissioners at today! http://www.ci.poolesville.md.us/commagenda.htm
