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Supporting Our Member Communities fVVDA Iaunc -cs its Hometown Soarorant Drogram , The future of our energy supply includes both conventional and renewable resources. The Hometown Solar Grant Program offers our members a unique, local learning opportunity to educate and familiarize members' customers with solar power. Hometown Solar In 2015, the Agency launched its Hometown The Agency selected the member communities Solar Grant Program — an extension of MMPA's of Arlington, Brownton, Olivia, and Winthrop Energy Education Program. The purpose of as the first to receive grant awards. Solar the grant program is to provide an educational installations are expected to be installed at asset to our member communities and to help Sibley East Middle/High School, Brownton City teach local youth first-hand how sunlight is Offices, Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian (BOLD) converted into electricity, as well as the unique High School, and Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (GFW) benefits of solar power. High School. The Hometown Solar Grant Program provides MMPA completed its first Hometown Solar schools and other educational facilities (i.e. installation at its Faribault Energy Park (FEP) community centers, city offices, and libraries) in spring 2015. The FEP installation supports with the opportunity to apply for a 5 kW solar MMPA's Energy Education Program, including installation. educational tours at the Faribault facility. MMPA plans to award four grants each year for three years, providing all 12 MMPA member communities the opportunity to participate. "3y having a solar panel installec anc locatec right on school crouncs our stucents will nave access to an invaluasle ecucation tool H which to more intricately stucy the use of solar cower" — John Dotson, BOLD Schools Superintendent (Olivia) 2015 MMPA Annual Report 19