“BESS occupy little space, may be placed anywhere, and sit on pads high enough to avoid flooding,” Audin noted, explaining why the site—which is partially shaded and prone to flooding—wouldn't work for solar panels but is ideal for batteries. Village Trustee Len Simon agreed to set up a meeting with…

The committee also took a first look at "balcony solar" systems—plug-in solar panels limited to 1.2 kilowatts under proposed state law. Dan Columbini raised fire and electrical code concerns, and new resident Corey Cummings volunteered to research the issue for next month’s meeting. The next Sustai…

On the solar front, the long-awaited commissioning of the train station solar canopies and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is slated for completion by the end of December. However, plans for a second, larger BESS behind the Municipal Place facility hit a snag. A revised proposal from developer …

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 $48,000 NY-SUN incentive. The project will now be …

Riley from Truesdale Drive. Few few quick comments before we get down to business. The human rights presentation at the library, which was done by an outstanding presenter, mister Mayo Gregory Bartlett, a lawyer. And the Human Rights Commissioner was there. I didn't really get effects on him, but Ba…

The most pressing concern was the stalled DPW solar canopy project. The Village Board had already accepted a bid from Rivertown Solar for the approximately $300,000 installation, which is fully funded by a grant. However, the project has stalled again because the contractor has repeatedly failed to …

Croton's Board of Trustees took a major step toward renewable energy on February 4, awarding a $302,940 contract to Rivertown Solar of Dobbs Ferry for the installation of a solar canopy at the DPW Garage. The project, funded entirely through NYSERDA grants, was recommended by Sustainability Committe…

law. Thank you. Because the NEC, applies to solar. So you you're specifically saying there are requirements by federal law that need to be in place, plus we want you to show this, this, this, and this.

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 Development and Research Authority. Whereas two bids w…

Beyond the solar setback, the board used the work session to look at two other ongoing village matters: local parking and volunteer retention. Officials discussed an expansion of the residential parking permit system, specifically looking at adding Hastings and Young avenues to the program. While n…

Meanwhile, major infrastructure projects at the train station are moving forward. Excavation for 18 new EV charge ports—handled by contractor PISO—is slated to begin in early March, requiring a new 100-300 kVA pole-mounted transformer. Additionally, the solar canopies at the station are expected to …

Moving the salt shed would free up space currently used for seasonal yard waste, while also resolving a water contamination issue at the existing shed location. A Letter of Intent to lock in 5 MW of hosting capacity is being drafted ahead of a Zoom meeting with village officials before next month’s …

So I think the plan is to offset some of the the the cost of that renewable diesel from the the renewable fund that we get from the the panels Yeah. On top of the DPW facility. Mhmm. So that actually will help. There is a little bit of a a price increase, but the fact that we can shift that price fr…

Croton has officially become the first municipality in Westchester County to leverage its streetlight accounts for community solar savings, netting the village $4,000 in immediate credits and an estimated $3,000 in annual ongoing savings.

displayed on the solar energy system. Yes. Because this is So I was wondering, do you need something similar for battery storage? We could we could have it in here already. That's why I'm I'm gonna look right now and see if it's if it's in the chapter if it's in the chapter on battery energy. Okay. …

The solar canopy project was slated to be fully funded through grants awarded by the New York State Energy Development and Research Authority (NYSERDA). The village initially issued an Invitation to Bid on July 31, but the lack of compliant responses means officials will likely need to re-evaluate t…

Believe that there it needs to be with the new code, we have to have solar ready. So what we what we need to approve is the expansion of the lots building envelope for the purpose of rebuilding

The canopies' underlying PV and BESS project is currently being sold to Altus Power, which Audin noted will not affect the village's existing rent or leasing contracts.

A planned solar canopy for the Croton-on-Hudson Department of Public Works garage has hit a snag after the Board of Trustees rejected the only bid submitted for the project. During the October 15 work session, the board voted 3-0 to toss out the September 4 bid, citing a failure to include the requ…

So in '23, letter a, site plan approval by the planning board shall be required in all districts. And then if you look at number four, we're adding tier three and tier four solar energy systems. For, number five, we're adding tier two battery energy systems, storage systems. There's some additional …