The Neely Wastewater Reclamation Plant in Gilbert, Ariz., now gets 44 percent of its electricity from photovoltaic solar arrays it didn't have to pay for, doesn't have to operate, and doesn't maintain. Over the term of the deal, it's expected to save the town of 215,000 people about $2 million.
Wastewater Division manager Mark Horn says the deal came about because SPG Solar (SPG), of Novato, Calif., was marketing solar opportunities for municipal facilities in Arizona. "They approached me, and over the next month or so I had a lot of conversations with them
