Community Solar Phase II is Now Producing Sun Power >>> Dr. Bill can now say he’s generally “off the grid” with his electric use because he purchased the maximum shares he could in our Community Solar Project. Phase 1 was commissioned last year and Phase II was plugged into the grid on June 12 of this year. Phase I is sold out, but there’s still room in Phase II for members interested in being a share owner. Dr. William Faber, known to most as Dr. Bill, of Cushing, is a college instructor of wildlife and natural resources at Central Lakes College. He holds a bachelor of science degree in wildlife management from the University of Minnesota and master of science and doctorate degrees in wildlife ecology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, where his research focused on moose. He is a board member of the Minnesota chapter of The Wildlife Society and the Minnesota Sharp-Tailed Grouse Society, in addition to being an active member of the Minnesota Conservation Federation, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and the National Wildlife Federation. He was appointed by the Governor of Minnesota as a citizen
member to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. Dr. Bill lives what he teaches and we’re proud to have him as a member of Crow Wing Power. Bill was one of the first to purchase the maximum amount of shares we allowed in our Phase I project in 2017 and one of the first to jump on our second Phase II this year. Bill says, “I tell my students, it’s not Do as I say, it’s Do as I do.” He quoted a famous Cultural Anthropologist, Margaret Mead who said Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have. The new Community solar array is located at our Swanburg Outpost east of Pine River on Highway 1. Its output can be viewed online at the top of our web pages as Solar Phase II. Last year’s first Community Solar array was built by our headquarters along Highway 371. Its output can be seen as Solar Phase I. The cost of one share is $1,300 and one share is the equivalent of about 400 to 500 kWhs per year. For more information go to www.cwpower.com and visit Community Solar.
Dr. Bill, stands in his pollinator garden with a couple of solar panels that heat his hot water, particularly when the sun shines on it in the morning. Bill has an 80 gallon water heater that stores the solar heated water. It was installed in 2010 by Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (RREAL). Bill said it really cut back on his electric bill.
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CROW WING POWER NEWS • JULY/August 2018 • Volume 70 , Number 4
CEO Report ..............................2 Travel With CWP ......................3 Members Benefit List ..............4 Recipe ....................................7 Puzzle ....................................8
Co-op Calendar Contest tions With the success of our first calendar contest, we are doing a 2019 calendar. To enter the contest, please submit your scenic photos of Minnesota to us. If your photo is chosen for the calendar, you will receive a $25 electric bill credit. We will have a spiral bound calendar produced and available in early December. Guidelines for the contest:
● Only Crow Wing Power members may enter the contest. (CWP employees and their immediate families are not eligible to enter the contest.) ● Send your photos electronically. Photos must be scenic capturing the beauty of Minnesota’s four seasons. Photos must not include people. ● One membership (household) may submit up to 5 photos. ● Only landscape orientation photos will be accepted. Need to be sized for printing 12 inches wide by 9 inches high. 300 dpi minimum quality. ● To submit photos, go to www.cwpower.com, go to News/Events, click on Photo Contest and fill out the entire form including the photo. Deadline for submission(s) is October 1, 2018. To see last years samples, go to our website.
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