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SUPPORTING OUR MEMBER COMMUNITIES <br /> Ecucatona I soararraysl <br /> energzec in V V PA communities <br /> MMPA supports the communities we serve. Our Hometown Solar Grant <br /> Program offers our members a unique, local learning opportunity to <br /> educate and familiarize members' customers with solar power. <br /> Hometown Solar <br /> Hometown Solar is an extension of MMPA's Brownton, Olivia, and Winthrop. Brownton City <br /> Energy Education Program. The purpose of Offices, Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian (BOLD) <br /> the grant program is to provide an educational High School, and Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop <br /> asset to our member communities and to help (GFW) High School are the first to receive <br /> teach local youth first-hand how sunlight is installations under the Agency's program. <br /> converted into electricity, as well as the unique Sibley East Middle/High School in Arlington was <br /> characteristics of solar power. Hometown also awarded a grant in 2016. The installation in <br /> Solar provides schools and other educational Arlington is expected to be complete in 2018. <br /> facilities in our member communities MMPA completed its first Hometown Solar <br /> the opportunity to apply for a 5 kW solar installation at Faribault Energy Park (FEP) in <br /> installation. spring 2015. The FEP installation supports <br /> In 2016, MMPA completed Hometown Solar educational tours at the Faribault facility and <br /> installations in its member communities of our Energy Education Program. <br /> P • <br /> „KIMEAMIV. /ZZ <br /> y�. a. „ <br /> Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop(GFW)High School,Winthrop,MN Brownton City Offices, Brownton, MN <br /> 20 2016 MMPA Annual Report <br /> 101 <br />