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Jim Beriault
Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:07:11 +0000

Great questions everyone... here is some additional information that will help shed some light..

? The college is committed to sustainability both in its practices and in its capital developments.
? The project fits into the college’s 2009 Climate Action Plan that pledges to reduce carbon emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.
? The Oregon Dept. of Energy requires that the 2008 bond program spend 1.5% of the value of applicable capital projects on solar initiatives.
? Aggregating smaller projects throughout the PCC district into one large facility allows the college to generate more energy and spend public dollars efficiently and effectively.
? Under this agreement the average cost of energy per kWh (kilowatt hours) over the 20-year period will be approximately $0.083 cents allowing for significant long-term savings.

There are two significant energy cost risks to Oregon education systems, businesses and residents:

1) Energy cost increases, potentially advancing at rates far exceeding our regional cost of living indices, and
2) Energy cost volatility, creating great difficulty in planning for future costs and allocating the maximum level of PCC resources possible to educating our students.

Under the agreement with Solar City, the overall “life of system” cost per kWh produced by the solar facility is at a fixed rate, and offers PCC significant costs savings over its expected long-term energy costs.

? The installation will be funded, owned, built and operated by SolarCity, a private company that was selected through a competitive RFP process.
? The value of the installation will be approximately $2.5 million.
? SolarCity will lease the property through a Site License Agreement. The power they generate will be fed into the PGE power grid through to Rock Creek Campus Building 9, directly offsetting campus electrical use.
? The structure of the deal is outlined in a Power Purchase Agreement, whereby PCC prepays $830,000 for 20 years of energy (with contractual safeguards.)
? Federal, State, and Energy Trust of Oregon incentives will be used by SolarCity in their financing structure.