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Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Board of Commissioners - District 1
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Commission District(s): ALL
Request Approval of Concept of 30-Year Lease Agreement between REC Solar Commercial Corporation and DeKalb County, Georgia, Whereby Hannah Solar LLC under The Georgia Power Redi Program Would Construct and Maintain a Floating Solar Array at The Scott Candler Water Filter Plant.
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Information Contact: Commissioner Nancy Jester
Phone Number: (404) 687-2797
PURPOSE:
To request approval of concept of a thirty (30) year lease agreement with REC Solar Commercial Corporation whereby, Hannah Solar LLC would construct a floating solar array on the Scott Candler Water Filter Plant Reservoir No. 2 capable of producing three (3) megawatts (MWDC) of sustainable, clean electricity.
NEED/IMPACT:
In 2016, the Department of Watershed Management developed a conceptual plan to place floating solar arrays on the Scott Candler Water Filter Plant reservoirs. These reservoirs make ideal locations for this application as there is no natural cover. The floating solar arrays have the needed benefits of providing clean, sustainable electricity for the plant and for use by Georgia Power, it provides shading of the reservoirs to reduce evaporation resulting in water conservation (much needed by the region), and potentially reducing algal blooms that impact drinking water quality and treatability.
As part of the 2016 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) process, Georgia Power and the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) stipulated an agreement to procure renewable energy generation through a variety of programs. The Renewable Energy Development Initiative (REDI), is the program by which Georgia Power will procure one thousand two hundred (1,200) MW of capacity from solar, wind and/or biomass resources. In 2017, Georgia Power began the process to procure one hundred (100) MW of distributed generation (DG)...
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