{"id":41415,"date":"2025-11-22T05:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/41415\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T05:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:44:12","slug":"solar-array-project-to-save-taxpayers-15000-per-month-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/41415\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Array Project to Save Taxpayers $15,000 Per Month | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Erie County Technical School received a grant that will help the production and installation of solar panels that will help the community.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Erie County Technical School Is Going Solar After Receiving a Major Grant. The school will install a 1,500-kilowatt solar array thanks to a $400,000 grant from Pennsylvania\u2019s Solar for Schools Program.<\/p>\n<p>Students will assist in constructing the solar panels, which will be built on 10 acres behind the Skills Center.<\/p>\n<p>This project is expected to save taxpayers $15,000 per month, reduce energy consumption, ease the burden on local electrical grids, and significantly cut carbon emissions to net zero. The Solar for Schools grant will also provide a hands-on learning lab for students.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to monthly savings, the project will reduce carbon emissions by 50,000 pounds over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is scheduled to break ground this spring, with completion targeted for the start of the next school year.<\/p>\n<p>Local legislators say the project is a win for education, the environment, and the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Erie County Technical School received a grant that will help the production and installation of solar panels&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,24931,138,137,28,24932],"class_list":["post-41415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-county-technical-school","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-solar-array"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41415","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=41415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}