Dear editor,
I Googled the Burns & McDonnell PAC Profile. They are heavy donors to the Republican Party, particularly in 2016. I think this party affiliation, combined with recent events at the U.S. Capitol, make them somewhat experts in what is âillegal.â
This being said, I would have preferred their consultant fee (for Andy McDonald and Walt Baldwinâs proposed solar farm project) to go toward either renewable energy or to those who did not qualify for COVID utility relief due to the arbitrary stipulations put on the program.Â
In order to get relief from the Kentucky Housing Corp. s COVID relief program, your landlord must not be planning on selling your unit to cash in on the sky-high real estate prices in Kentucky.Â
McDonald and Baldwin initially presented their proposal on March 1.
Under the plan, the city, county and schools would purchase all of their electricity from the new solar farm instead of FPB.
The meeting will air Tuesday at 5 p.m. on FPB Cable 10 and on FPB s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fewpb .
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Among the items to be discussed or voted on at the Frankfort Plant Boardâs monthly meeting Tuesday is one that could significantly shake up Frankfortâs energy landscape.Â
The authors of the proposal, Andy McDonald and Walt Baldwin, estimate that a developer would invest $25 million to $35 million in the project in order to provide power to all four public entities at a rate almost half that of FPBâs current retail electricity rate.Â
The planâs implementation is contingent on the FPB board s approval. The proposed facility would be funded by a private developer at no cost to the local government entities, McDonald said.Â
Franklin County could be getting a significant jolt of local solar energy â that is if plans presented by local energy advocates Andy McDonald and Walt Baldwin are adopted.
The ambitious 39-page plan proposes that the City of Frankfort, Franklin County Fiscal Court, Frankfort Independent Schools, and Franklin County Schools come together to cooperate on a 20 megawatt (MW), 150-acre solar project.
The planâs implementation would be contingent on the Frankfort Plant Boardâs approval. The proposed facility would be funded by a private developer with no cost to the local government entities; McDonald and Baldwin estimated that the project would save the organizations a collective $1.2 million annually but cost FPB $800,000 in revenue reductions.