The City of Alma is going solar.
On Feb.5 Alma held a Flip the Switch event to commemorate the completion of Phase 1 of their solar panel project.
The 4 acres of solar panels are located at the wastewater treatment facility in Alma and expected to save the city over $1.7 million dollars in taxpayer money over 25 years. The alternative energy will power over 80% of the city s usage with Arkansas Valley Electric.
The project began two years ago and the city partnered with Entegrity energy from Little Rock. It was great to partner with the city of Alma, said Sam Selig of Entegrity. We re very excited to get this up and running. It s taken a long time to get to this point. We re very happy with the city s patience.