Solar Canopy
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36 mentions
· in our records since Nov 9, 2025
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Appearances (33 most notable of 36)
Prior to installation of the canopies, the birds did so using the surface of the blacktop. 2 DPW solar canopy: Because the adjacent rooftop already has a rooftop solar
installation (from 2020), Con Ed is requiring the canopy project to file a CESIR…
The DPW solar canopy project faces a more significant delay. Con Edison is requiring a Coordinated Electric System interconnect Review (CESIR) because an adjacent rooftop solar installation from 2020 already exists on the property. Rivertown Solar ch…
On solar, Con Edison gave the train station canopy project permission to operate on May 10, and the project was featured in a SUNY Binghamton graduate student's thesis on that school's solar options. For the planned solar canopy at the Department of …
Bryan Healy OKed that solution. 2 E-bikes: Len said that in the 24 days since the
program re-started on 4/6/26, 210 e-bike rides were
logged. On 5/2/26, the Senasqua Park bike station
opened (see pic). Another site (at the base of the
overpass on…
Commissioning of the entire system (canopies and batteries) was almost done when Con
Ed found an outdated nameplate on one of the BESS inverters, requiring replacement. Once done, Con Ed will issue its formal Permission To Operate (PTO), hopefully v…
No decision has been made. ## Solar Canopies and DPW Project
The train station solar canopies are close to commissioning. After a dead Canadian goose was removed from the site earlier in April, Con Ed discovered an outdated nameplate on one of the b…
Most recently, Stamford, Connecticut, and Rye, New York. Why not Croton? Croton has won awards for planting trees, bike sharing, solar canopy project. This is just as important. Gasoline powered leaf blowers should not be allowed on school property o…
Con Ed’s formal Permission To Operate (PTO) should follow in early April. A dead
Canadian goose was found atop canopy #3, facing the 2nd floor east window in the train
station. Due to concerns over possible bird flu, removal has been scheduled with…
- Solar Projects/Issues
Train station canopies: Third-party commissioning is underway. It should be finished by
our March meeting, with full operation of the system thereafter.
DPW solar canopy: Rivertown Solar’s bid (already accepted by the Villa…
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the
Village Manager to execute an agreement with Croton AYSO for the leasing of certain
sports field fences for the placing of advertisement banners for the period beginning
Ja…
Whereas the village issued an invitation to bid on 11/20/2025 for the installation and commissioning of a solar canopy at the DPW garage, and whereas this project is to be funded through grants awarded to the village by the New York State Energy Deve…
The possible locations for red light cameras, if we should go forward with that. And then some partnership activities that the committee is considering with Croton-Harmon Schools. Similarly, our sustainability committee met on the eighteenth. Mayor a…
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Accomplishments & activities of the Sustainability Committee during 2025
- promoted use of Renewable Diesel in all municipal diesel trucks
- developed and sought a contract for a ~60 kW DPW solar canopy
- secured contractor for installation of EV …
- Solar Projects/Issues
Train station canopies: Third-party commissioning is now slated to start 2/16/26 with
power startup by early or mid-March. On New Year’s Day evening, the lights below all the
canopies failed due to a breaker trip, the cause…
5. REPORT FROM THE VILLAGE MANAGER:
Village Manager Healy advised that the Village will be switching over all DPW
vehicles to renewable diesel, the Village expects to see an annual reduction of
approximately 186 metric tons of CO2 per year which acco…
On the sustainability front, the village is switching all diesel vehicles to renewable diesel, following the lead of Westchester County Airport, Tuckahoe, and New York City. The roughly $26,000 annual cost difference will be covered by solar canopy l…
Thank you, mayor. To start with the question that was raised during the public comment period, as I detailed a little bit in my memo, we are switching over all of our diesel vehicles to the renewable diesel, fuel that, we have been piloting for the p…
Village Board of Trustees
December 17, 2025
Page 23
Trustee Simon thanked everyone for participating in our Tree and Menorah
lightings on December 4“, thanked the Police Department and Croton Caring
for sponsoring the annual Toy Drive on December 6th…
Train station canopies: Commissioning of both the canopies and the BESS should
be completed by the end of December, with startup shortly thereafter. To avoid
continued damage to some downspout connections to the underground drainage
system by hasty c…
Well, thank you, trustee Nicholson. A few things here. On November 6, our heart committee met following up on the first four Croton luminaries that were honored, Pete Sakerakis, Ed Ron Thaler, Cornelia Cotton, and of course, the collection of great d…
Train station canopies: No new issues to report. Completion of commissioning (by
NovaSource) is expected before year’s end, with startup shortly thereafter. Paperwork
for the acquisition of the POWIN battery system by FlexGen is nearly complete. DPW …
The meeting also highlighted a setback for local solar efforts. The winning contractor for the DPW solar canopy was dismissed on October 10 for failing to provide required paperwork. Because of the delay, the village lost about $9,000 of its roughly …
Manager. Whereas the village issued an invitation to bid on 07/31/2025 for the installation and commissioning of a solar canopy at the DPW garage. Whereas this project to be funded through grants awarded to the village by the New York State Energy De…
On the driveway. Yeah. Okay. DPW solar canopy project. We just took care of that. Yeah. So you guys, I think, are up to date on that one. So, unfortunately, we only received one bid and and was not complete. So we are planning, I guess, to go back ou…
Shoreline resiliency and flood mitigation. So this was for the train station parking lot, trying to come up with a a plan to minimize, if not remove, all flooding that happens during larger events there. We did have some conceptual plans drawn up by …
They were AS La
being “confused” by distant pole-mounted lights in the train [Pee i)
yard (bottom circle). Dave’s pics clarified the problem. On / 4
page 2, see pic of how rushed commuters have damaged in)
downspouts. Bollards will be installed to pr…
Meanwhile, a separate $300,000 solar canopy project at the DPW is facing paperwork delays. Prior to a roughly $90,000 IRA rebate and other grants, the 59.4 kW project will cost the village nothing.
On the operational side, Mayor Brian Pugh reported …
SW reported that (by late
2 August) over 76 Croton residents (more than any other Westchester community) had
applied for help from its program. Over 360 in the County have done so. Installations
completed by 12/31/25 are eligible for the 30% federal …
None of
our work is directly tied to the CLCPA. - Recruitment/Outreach/Communications/PR
On 4/24/25, Brian accepted an award given
for the train station solar canopy project by
City&StateNY, a “media organization
covering NY local and State pol…
The separate DPW solar canopy project is also moving forward. Rivertown Solar is securing a ~$39K NY-SUN incentive, has performed test borings for foundation work, filed for interconnection with Con Ed, and will soon order the canopy kit. The goal is…
The DPW solar canopy project faces a more significant delay. Con Edison is requiring a Coordinated Electric System interconnect Review (CESIR) because an adjacent rooftop solar installation from 2020 already exists on the property. Rivertown Solar ch…
The meeting also highlighted a setback for local solar efforts. The winning contractor for the DPW solar canopy was dismissed on October 10 for failing to provide required paperwork. Because of the delay, the village lost about $9,000 of its roughly …
Meanwhile, a separate $300,000 solar canopy project at the DPW is facing paperwork delays. Prior to a roughly $90,000 IRA rebate and other grants, the 59.4 kW project will cost the village nothing.
On the operational side, Mayor Brian Pugh reported …