ORINDA -- There are 12 acres of new, sun-hungry hardware just off Bear Creek Road in Orinda, coincidentally across the road from a PG&E substation below Briones Reservoir.Only this new facility -- acres of new shiny solar panels absorbing sunlight -- is an East Bay Municipal Utility District project.Turns out they need power to move water to about 1.4 million customers and have decided solar power is the way to do much of it.
'Climate change is happening now and that change will affect many of us, many aspects of our lives, including our ability to deliver reliable and affordable water,' Chan said. 'So this project helps all of us. Investing in a sustainable future is the right thing to do for our customers. It's the right thing to do for our planet now and for future generations.