Plymouth Utility Superintendent Donnie Davidson provided the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission with an update this week on the solar project at the Wastewater Plant.
Davidson said due to some timing issues and deadlines required the project will be scaled back from a one Megawatt project to a 500 Kilowatt project.
“We were made aware that there was a study which had to be completed by NIPSCO. It was a $5,000 study. The study was estimated to take up to four months to complete. At the completion of this study, then they informed us that would be probably a minimum of about $125,000 toward the cost that NIPSCO would have to do to their infrastructure to meet our demands.”
Davidson added that it could take up to one year to complete with manpower and supply shortages, and with the deadline date of the end of December to complete the project, the decision was made to cut the project in half, which is similar to the size of the project to be done by the Plymouth Community School Corporation at Riverside Intermediate School and Washington Discovery Academy.
Davidson said Telemon officials believe that the deadline should be met with only half of the initial plan of the project.
He said that the solar project will be a positive addition to the Wastewater Plant as it is one of the largest energy users in the city.
Public notices will soon be sent.
