Kingsport City Schools Looking At Solar Energy Project

Kingsport City School System is moving forward with plans that could lead to energy savings as school board members contemplate a solar panel project. The school board is working with Amerisco, to continue engineering plans that could lead to LED lighting and Solar energy for city schools. Andy True is Assistant Director of Schools for Kingsport.

(:13)…If we operate in a way that is allowing us to be good stewards of our resources not just financially, but how we are consuming energy, can we be a kind of model or leader when it comes to this kind of Solar project.

Under the agreement, Amerisco would own the solar panels to generate energy, then sell the energy back to the city at a cost savings