* Facility is first of 10 solar sites that are part of company's new community solar program.
* Enrolled income-qualified customers will see guaranteed savings on their program costs every month.
The Fort Green Renewable Energy Center is the first of 10 solar sites, totaling 750 megawatts (MW), that are part of the company's new community solar program, Clean Energy Connection.
Through the program,
"Bringing cleaner resources onto the grid is important to our customers and our company," said Duke Energy Florida State President
The 74.9-MW facility was built on approximately 500 acres of repurposed mining land in
The second Clean Energy Connection site, Bay Trail Renewable Energy Center in
Launched in
The monthly subscription fee is fixed at
The bill credit rate for the first 36 months of the program participation will be
The program sets aside 26 MW for income-qualified customers who participate in government subsidy programs or Duke Energy's low-income energy efficiency program, Neighborhood Energy Saver.
For income-qualified customers, the fixed monthly
Since the bill credits are greater than the subscription fee, income-qualified customers will continue to save each month for as long as they subscribe to the program.
The average subscription amount for income-qualified customers (5 kW) results in approximately
Subscriptions are associated with all solar plants in the program. Customers do not need to live near a facility to enroll, as the program brings new solar generation to the larger grid, which lowers the emissions profile of Duke Energy's electric service in all communities.
Customers who are interested in the program can learn more through the Clean Energy Connection website.
Video of Fort Green Renewable Energy Center, from drone.
Video of Bay Trail Renewable Energy Center, from done.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business and at least a 50% carbon reduction from electric generation by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The 2050 net-zero goals also include Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 emissions. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage, and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
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