Town Council Approves New Solar Panels for Glastonbury Buildings

The Glastonbury town council unanimously approved new 20-year agreements with the solar energy company SolarCity to install solar panels on several more town-owned buildings.

The company has already installed panels at Glastonbury High School, town hall and the town garage.

During their meeting Tuesday, the council unanimously approved agreements to install solar panels on four more town buildings:

• 575 panels at Nayaug Elementary School

• 754 panels at Hebron Ave. Elementary School

• 120 panels at the Parks and Recreation Department’s maintenance garage

• 407 panels at the carport at the school bus yard

The town received grants from the state renewable energy program to install the solar panels, with the only cost to the town the 20-year agreement that they would purchase the energy harnessed by the panels at the cost of 6 cents per kilowatt hour.

The town currently pays about 16 cents per kilowatt hour to Connecticut Light & Power. Town Manager Richard J. Johnson said that the town would save approximately $110,000 a year by using the solar energy system.