Village Trustee Lou Allstadt, in center with back to camera, told a Sustainable Otsego program this evening the village is discussing a "community solar program" with the town. Speaking is economist Jannette Barth. At right is Sustainable Otsego Moderator Adrian Kuzminski, who emceed. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
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The Village of Cooperstown and Town of Otsego have begun discussing a "community solar program," Village Trustee Lou Allstadt, the clean-energy advocate, told a program sponsored by Sustainable Otsego in the county Courthouse this evening.
The idea of the program, described earlier by Jessica Azulay, with the Alliance for a Green Economy, would be to create a community solar farm that would share the energy and cost savings community wide.
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