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Mr. Culver introduced Mr. Rich Ragatz and Chris Psihos from iDeal Energies who <br />made a presentation to the Commission regarding solar energy benefits and <br />proposals for the City. <br />Mr. Culver stated the City is looking at two different options, one is a solar rewards <br />program which is a smaller, up to 40 -kilowatt system and is a fixed payment <br />program with Xcel. <br />Mr. Chris Psihos explained to the Commission the solar rewards program and how <br />it works. <br />Mr. Culver stated option two is the Solar Capacity Credit and varies from 83 - <br />kilowatt system and larger. He noted one of the proposals which the City is backing <br />off of is the Skating Center due to the age of the roof. He stated the skating center <br />roof is scheduled to be replaced in three to four years. <br />Mr. Culver stated the difference with this proposal and other proposals the <br />Commission has looked at in the past is that with this system the City would own <br />it from day one. <br />Mr. Culver reviewed the other proposals for the systems with the Commission. He <br />indicated when this item is brought forward to the City Council he would like to be <br />able to do the solar rewards program on all three buildings; fire hall, City hall and <br />the maintenance building. He indicated he would like to do one of the Solar <br />Capacity Credit options either on City Hall or the maintenance building. <br />Acting Chair Wozniak asked why they would not want to do both. <br />Mr. Culver stated they could do both. <br />Member Misra wondered if there was a trade-off if the City were to do both. <br />Mr. Culver stated there was not. The City could use up to 120 percent of the power. <br />They are obligating some of City Hall's energy to the Community Solar Gardens, <br />so staff would need to keep an eye on that to make sure that between the two they <br />are not exceeding the City's actual consumption by more than 120 percent. He <br />thought the more systems they have the more roof tops they need to take up then <br />the more risk there is from the standpoint of future roof maintenance or other <br />damage. <br />Mr. Culver thought if they got the solar rewards program and one of the larger <br />systems in they can see how it goes and then if they like it and it is going well then, <br />they can accelerate the skating center roof redo and get a larger system on the <br />skating center in 2020. If the City is really in this the skating center is a preferable <br />roof because of the amount of energy that is consumed in that building and the <br />building will not be going anywhere for a long time. <br />Page 4 of 11 <br />