RPU Ranks Solar as Preferred Renewable Energy Source

RPU seeks power from rooftops

Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN 8/27/2009
By Christina Killion Valdez

On Tuesday, Rochester Public Utilities approved its 2009 Infrastructure Plan Update, a guideline for power supply planning that ranked solar higher than wind as the preferred source of renewable energy for the utility company in the future.

The plan provides recommendations as to when and what resources will be needed through 2045. Those recommendationsand public comments, will serve as a guide for future budgeting, Koshire said. SE CERTS Board member RAy Schmitz suggested a future where Rochester residents and businesses would have solar panels on their rooftops, making them producers as well as consumers of electricity.

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