KUNC – Interview with David White, of Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association

Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association and Denver nonprofit GRID Alternatives have announced a partnership to build a community solar farm on 9 acres just south of the Larimer County Landfill. It will generate enough energy for 300 member households, a third of which make 80% of less of their area median income. David White, with PVREA, says the goal is to make normally expensive solar energy more accessible. "This brings in a large segment of the population to take advantage of that generation source that previously was only available to those that could afford that up-front start up cost." The community farm is part of a broader Colorado Energy Office initiative to show how low-income solar models can fill rural utility needs. They expect to have it finished by mid-Autumn. For KUNC, I'm Teal Witter.