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Missoula County, city to purchase solar panels from Missoula Electric Cooperative

Missoula County is the new owner of 10 solar panels, or rather the electricity those panels will produce for the next 25 years.

Commissioners Cola Rowley, Jean Curtiss and Stacy Rye voted unanimously Tuesday morning to purchase the panels from Missoula Electric Cooperative’s new solar garden south of Lolo.

The rural co-op serves the county outside the city of Missoula. The county courthouse, administrative building and jail get their power from NorthWestern Energy. But the county has a long list of electric-powered facilities in MEC land, from the Lolo sewer and water systems to pump houses at El Mar Estates on Mullan Road to street lights and the fire department in Frenchtown.

KIM BRIGGEMAN [email protected]

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/county-city-to-purchase-solar-panels-from-missoula-electric-cooperative/article_90488890-f3e9-5bac-9667-a62b74c826b9.html

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