This image shows where the proposed 100-kilowatt fixed ground-mounted solar panel array would be placed at the rear of the Ed Fenn School in Gorham, satisfying 80 percent of its current electrical needs. The tracks seen (lower left) are those of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad. (COURTESY IMAGE)
This image shows where the proposed 100-kilowatt fixed ground-mounted solar panel array would be placed at the rear of the Ed Fenn School in Gorham, satisfying 80 percent of its current electrical needs. The tracks seen (lower left) are those of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad. (COURTESY IMAGE)
GORHAM — Voters in the Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District will have a chance to vote “yes” or “no” on a written ballot under Article 3 at its annual meeting at 7 p.m. on March 10 on whether they support the proposed installation of a 100-kilowatt fixed ground-mounted solar panel array at the Edward Fenn School plus the authorization of issuing up to $190,000 in bonds or notes. For such an article to pass, state law requires that two-thirds of all the voters present and voting must cast a “yes” vote. The array will cover 80 percent of the school’s current use of electricity.
“This project was set up to begin saving money in year one, with savings to increase in subsequent years,” said Clean Energy NH’s North Country energy circuit rider Melissa Elander in an email exchange. “It will be financed for 15 years and take advantage of low interest rates. A loan term of 15 years was selected because that is the term at which the loan payment is less than the school would otherwise pay for electricity.”
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