The Wyomissing School District has been awarded two grants totaling $720,000 for a pair of solar energy projects.<\/p>\n
The state Department of Community and Economic Development on Tuesday announced the approval of more than $1.6 million in Solar for Schools grants for three school districts, including Wyomissing.<\/p>\n
The grants are to help districts cover the cost of purchasing and installing solar panels, including permit fees, energy storage and utility interconnection.<\/p>\n
\u201cElectricity bills are a major cost for school districts across the commonwealth, often using significant parts of their budget,\u201d Rick Siger, department secretary, said in a statement announcing the grants. \u201cThrough programs like Solar for Schools, the Shapiro Administration is supporting schools by investing in long-term solutions that save money, create jobs and improve the educational environment for all students.\u201d<\/p>\n
The newly passed state budget includes $25 million in funding for the Solar for Schools program. The program has provided just over $24 million to 82 schools since the program\u2019s inception in 2023,<\/p>\n
With the latest batch of grants, Wyomissing will receive assistance with a pair of solar projects.<\/p>\n
The district received $360,000 for a project at Wyomissing Junior-Senior High School that is expected to save the district an average of nearly $125,000 per year in energy costs.<\/p>\n
The district also received another $360,000 for a project at Wyomissing Hills Elementary School that is expected to save the district over $92,000 annually.<\/p>\n
The other grants approved Tuesday were $960,000 for two projects in the Norristown School District in Montgomery County, and $960,000 for two projects in the Newport School District in Perry County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wyomissing School District has been awarded two grants totaling $720,000 for a pair of solar energy projects.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-250206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}