Carlisle Area School District says the solar panels the district installed in 2010 and 2011 help save 14% in energy costs.Carlisle Area School District completed a $2 million project more than a decade ago, filling the fields near Wilson Middle and Bellaire Elementary with hundreds of solar panels.
The Carlisle Area School District installed these solar panels in 2010 and 2011. Since then, it's reported savings of about 14% in electricity costs. She sponsored a bill that passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives last year to create a grant program that would help districts pay for their own, through a state investment of $50 million to $100 million.
"I really think that it takes us to a new level," Friend added."I think the technology since we put this in is even better."