Solar Power for State’s Biggest Water Project Arrives With Hefty Price Tag

  • Water contractors can expect to pay 1% to 3% more for the energy it takes to bring supplies down the state through the State Water Project.
  • As more solar projects power the SWP, contractors can expect their costs to increase another 10% to 20%.
  • Senate Bill 1203 mandates that state agencies achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.

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Water contractors can expect to pay between 1% to 3% more for the energy it takes to bring supplies down the state through California’s largest project thanks to just one renewable energy project that came online recently in Kern County – the Pastoria Solar Project.

And that’s just the beginning…

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