“We’re working with Arizona
Public Service (APS) and Salt
River Project (SRP),” explains
City of Phoenix CSO Mark
Hartman. “SRP wants to add
1000MW of utility-scale solar
over the next five years. The first
100MW they made available to
their largest customers. The city
will be able to purchase solar at
2.7 cents per kilowatt hour for 20
years, and then sell it on the
market at prevailing rates, which
today averages over 3 cents,
which means a large credit on
our bill. As both customers andutilities invest in projects like
this, its producing clean energy
while saving money.”
Hartman hopes to see many
more of these projects. Phoenix
already boasts 32MW of solar
on city land, more than any
other US city, and aims to
double that figure. “We’re
planning to add solar to parking
lots, rooftops and unused land,”
he pledges. “We’re also looking
to lease out landfill property to
utilities and renewable energy
developers as a means to
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AUGUST 2019CITY OF PHOENIX