Solar Panels To Be Installed In Monterey Soon

Monterey has started the process of going solar.

“As far as the solar energy, the array is being assembled to go on the lawn at the water department,” Mayor Bill Wiggins said. “It’s our first step in going solar in Monterey.”

In the spring of 2017 the town of Monterey entered into a 20-year contract with Atlanta-based Hannah Solar to install a number of solar panels. The panels will eventually be located at the police department, city hall, Monterey Depot Museum, and sewer plant.

Wiggins said the project basically came at no cost to taxpayers and after 20 years the county will own the solar system which should be generating an estimated $70,000 by that time.

“The only thing we had to pay was some fees to the Tennessee Valley Authority and Monterey Energy,” Wiggins said. “Hannah will bare all the cost to the installation and all we pay them is a percentage of the kilowatt hours generated.”