VALHALLA – Six municipalities in the 40th State Senate District have been awarded $100,000 each to support microgrid projects. The funds will be used to conduct feasibility studies into establishing stand alone electric systems to power vital services in the event of a large power outage.
Westchester County: Valhalla Government Campus would provide power to Westchester Community College and the county campus and would explore a mix of distributed energy resources including solar and combined heat and power applications, along with battery storage.
Town of Cortlandt: Include biomass, natural gas, and diesel, and provide power to the town hall, hospital, fire department, water filtration plant, waste-to-energy plant, gas stations, grocery stores, assisted living centers, and a school.
Town of Somers: Include solar and diesel. Power would be provided to a sewage plant, activity center designated town emergency shelter, town office, gas stations, nursing home, library, schools, fire station, State Police station and commercial complexes.
Village of Croton-on-Hudson: Study the feasibility of powering a municipal building, library, three fire stations, three schools and district office, medical clinic, grocery/pharmacy, and gas station.
Village of Sleepy Hollow: Power village hall, police station, fire houses, water and sewer filtration/pump stations, pre-K schools and affordable housing.
Village of Mount Kisco: A mix of power generation sources including solar, natural gas and diesel, and would provide power to the village office, library, police station, fire departments, volunteer ambulance corps, medical facilities, pumping stations, service stations, schools, local industries and businesses, and shelters.
