Chaffey Joint Union High School District, Constellation and PsomasFMG Dedicate 6.7-Megawatt Solar Generation Project
February 27 2015 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Solar power system designed to meet nearly half
of the school district’s electricity needs, save energy costs, and
support the environment
Chaffey Joint Union High School District (CJUHSD) today
announced the completion of an aggregate 6.76-megawatt DC solar
generation project. The system is designed to generate more than
11,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per year and meet 46 percent
of the electricity needs for the school district.
In honor of the solar project’s completion, a celebration and
ribbon cutting were held today at Colony High School in Ontario,
Calif. Representatives from CJUHSD, Constellation and PsomasFMG
attended the event.
“The new solar power system will help the district to maintain
stable electricity costs and serve as an educational resource for
our students to learn about renewable energy,” said Mat Holton,
superintendent of Chaffey Joint Union High School District. “It
complements what we are currently doing in the areas conservation
and will help us to save an estimated $40 million in energy costs
over the next 25 years.”
The solar project required no upfront capital from the school
district. Solar firm PsomasFMG worked with CJUHSD to develop the
project. Energy products and services company Constellation
financed the project’s development and will own and operate the
system. CJUHSD will purchase the electricity generated by the
system through a 25-year power purchase agreement with
Constellation.
Brendon Quinlivan, director, solar sales for Constellation,
said, “Constellation is pleased to work with the PsomasFMG team in
helping Chaffey Joint Union High School District meet its
environmental goals and manage its energy costs.”
"We are proud to be partnered with Chaffey Joint Union High
School District in being a good steward of public funds and the
environment," said Paul Mikos, president of PsomasFMG. "Shaded
parking, cleaner air and energy savings are among the benefits of
this project.”
The solar power arrays are comprised of approximately 21,800
photovoltaic panels located on parking canopies at eight sites:
Alta Loma High School, Chaffey High School, Colony High School,
Etiwanda High School, Los Osos High School, Montclair High School,
Ontario High School, and Rancho Cucamonga High School.
The system is expected to avoid the creation of 8,782 tons of
carbon dioxide annually --- the equivalent emissions from 1,677
passenger vehicles, according to U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency data.
California schools and municipalities interested in on-site
solar through a power purchase agreement with Constellation may
contact PsomasFMG at pmikos@psomasfmg.com or (714)465-4904.
About Constellation
Constellation is a leading competitive retail supplier of power,
natural gas and energy products and services for homes and
businesses across the continental United States. Constellation's
family of retail businesses serves more than 2.5 million
residential, public sector and business customers, including more
than two-thirds of the Fortune 100. Baltimore-based Constellation
is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s
leading competitive energy provider, with 2014 revenues of
approximately $27.4 billion, and more than 32,500 megawatts of
owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and
lowest-cost power generation fleets. Learn more at
www.constellation.com or on Twitter at @ConstellationEG.
About PsomasFMG
Based in Huntington Beach, CA, PsomasFMG provides turnkey solar
solutions to its clients by utilizing a combination of engineering
expertise, private investor funding, utilizing federal and state
subsidies. In 2010, PsomasFMG completed the largest operational
school solar system in Southern California, a 9.6 MW project across
10 schools in the Antelope Valley Union High School District.
Utilizing Power Purchase Agreements and requiring no capital outlay
from its host clients, PsomasFMG has also completed over 40 MWs of
solar projects for offtakers such as County of Orange and several
multi-campus school districts in Los Angeles County such as William
S. Hart School District, Wilsona School District, Palmdale School
District, Castaic Union School District and Redondo Beach Unified
School District. PsomasFMG has developed several other solar
projects currently under various stages of design and construction
for San Gabriel Unified School District, Central School District
and Pomona Unified School District. PsomasFMG is dedicated to
bringing value to California school and communities. For more
information, visit www.PsomasFMG.com.
CJUHSD SuperintendentMat Holton, 909-988-8511 ext.
2501orConstellationKelly Biemer, 410-470-9700orPsomasFMGPaul Mikos,
714-465-4904
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