Tri-City Healthcare District and UC San Diego Health are working on plans for a joint power agreement that was expected to be completed by the end of March.
North Central Solid Waste Authority Chairman Alex Naranjo sent a letter June 5 recommending the City of Española no longer have a vote in the authority’s board decisions.
   In a three to one vote, the Chama Village Council voted to sign a purchase power agreement, subject to public approval, with Clear Energy Solar New Mexico for construction and operation of a 196 kWh solar farm at the village wastewater plant. The 20-year contract has a set price of .074 cents per kWh.
   âThe solar plant at the waste water treatment plant will not cost us anything except internet,â said Mayor Billy Elbrock. âAnd save us $260,000 over the life of the contract.â
   Vince Campione, of Clean Energy Solar, said the project was âstate of the artâ and could be finished by September. The ability to finance the project comes through a Federal Income Tax Credit where investors can buy into renewable energy enterprises and write off nearly 100 percent of their investment in the first year.