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MEETING MINUTES
Board/Committee Name: Energy Conservation Committee.
Date, Time and Location of Meeting: 6:00 PM May 13, 2009
In attendance:
Steve Kropper, Chair
Shawn Newell, Assistant Director, Public Facilities
Tom Griffiths, Member
Bill Hadley, DPW head
Hank Manz, Liaison to Board of Selectmen
Christopher Haines
Pat Goddard, Director Public Facilities
Roger Borghsani
Joe Musacchia, Secretary
Visiting
Ned Sheedy (right name???), Boy Scouts
Absent:
Paul Chernick
Prabir Maulik
Jeff Nestel-Patt
Street lights
DPW head, Bill Hadley reports that he met with NStar, their inventory
was ~2600 street lights, we have >3000 in town.
NStar database will be updated but charges to Lexington will not be
retroactive.
Probably charge for full inventory from 7/1/09 on
Solar farm/additional installations:
Hadley talked w Billy French (contractor) about solar farm idea
French proposed to be on compost facility
Group agreed should close compost facility on schedule without
consideration of farm plans.
ECC expressed interest in identifying alternate locations, no specific
choice made
Net metering:
Could net meter, e.g. aggregate multiple demand locations to be
offset by renewable production site.
Allows farm’s excess power produced to offset other meters.
Offset is at retail rates, so we would not simply be selling power to the
grid at (lower) wholesale rates.
Note that farm needs to be associated w one or more a municipal
building
Solar and other energy efficiency
Working to bring photo-voltaic proposal for Harrington/Fiske schools to
town meeting in the Fall
Looking to see if bonding terms are available to avoid need for
financing by third parties.
Another option is to lease to install and operate, still pay maintenance
Discussion regarding payback periods and funding information sources
Work will continue to find optimal funding scenario
Library PV project
Goddard made presentation to HDC on 5/7
HDC favorably inclined towards renewable energy mission
HDC will not approve without elaborate 3D aesthetic view with CAD
visuals
Noted that the grant budget does not allow for CAD work
We do not have a free architect resource to generate CAD work
May have to forego Library location due to this requirement
Manz and Kropper will talk about this issue w Krieger
If can’t use Library will recommend DPW pumphouse, discuss in June
Lexington Energy Challenge
Goddard supplied information to Nestel-Patt for Minuteman article
Poster to be put up in Library after article published
Poster being distributed to building managers soon
Program will be kicked off on 8/1, sent to schools for display on 9/1
Note that Goddard also working on web page to feature program
BTU Consumption in Lexington
No report this month. Reports are provided quarterly.
School Committee
No report this month
Next meeting will be at DPW pump house facility, details to be sent by
Kropper
Adjourned: 7:00 PM
Steve Kropper,
Chair
Joe Musacchia
Secretary