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Erie County lawmakers are considering a plan that would see two developers construct solar arrays that could create enough electricity to reportedly save the county an estimated $9.5 million over 20 years.

The cornfield behind the Lewis County Public Safety Building will soon be filled with solar panels. With the stroke of a pen, the county has a 20-year agreement with a solar company called Greenskies. "It's kind of a no brainer as we've come to understand the economics of it. It really will lower our energy costs for a long time," said Liz Swearingin, county manager.

TO many skeptics, particularly on the right, the spectacular failure of the solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra in 2011, after receiving a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, demonstrated the industry’s shaky future and the danger of government efforts to subsidize it to success.

LOWVILLE — Lewis County has reached a final agreement on a solar project expected to offer the county and its municipal hospital significant cost savings over the next few decades.

A long-shuttered landfill will soon contribute to decreasing what the town spends on running its sewage treatment plant.

It looks like nothing but green skies for Lewis County and its municipal hospital on a solar project expected to offer significant cost savings over the next few decades.

It looks like nothing but green skies for Lewis County and its municipal hospital on a solar project expected to offer significant cost savings over the next few decades.

When the sun comes up, the electric bill goes down for two of the town’s schools, thanks to large-scale photovoltaic solar systems installed this fall at Joel and Eliot schools.

Sen. Art Linares has been named “Latino Citizen of the Year” by the Connecticut Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission.

Solar power will be added to an existing natural gas microgrid at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, under a contract between the university and Greenskies Renewable Energy LLC.