Kloss Distributing solar rooftop
Residents of Lake County, Illinois, can drink a little greener in 2021 thanks to the solar installation that now powers Kloss Distributing in Gurnee. Kloss Distributing moves 4 million cases of beer, wine and soft drinks to 1,500 locations across Lake County each year – and with its new installation fully activated, all of the company’s electricity is now generated by the solar panels that cover Kloss’ warehouse roof. Kloss Distributing expects the solar installation to save the company $70,000 per year in electric costs.
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Kloss partnered with General Energy Corporation (GEC), to provide a turnkey solar solution that covered 100% of the company’s electric needs. GEC designed and installed the 700 kilowatt solar system, managed the connection to the electric grid, and trained Kloss staff on the operation of the system.
ERIE – A Western Pennsylvania energy provider is suing an Indiana County municipality in federal court for the second time, in order to reverse its law banning shale gas drilling waste injection wells.
Pennsylvania General Energy Company (PGE) of Warren filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Dec. 9 versus Grant Township of Indiana County and the Grant Township Board of Supervisors, of Marion Center.
In June 2014, Grant Township stopped being a Second Class Township under state law and adopted a Community Bill of Rights Ordinance (CBORO) that prohibited corporations from depositing waste from oil and gas extraction in the township, in order to prevent plaintiff PGE from operating an injection well there.