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CAPITOL MARKET, A 501 (C)3 NON-PROFIT, LOCATED IN CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA WILL CONSTRUCT A SOLAR POWERED MICRO-GRID TO POWER OUR YEAR-ROUND, INDOOR-OUTDOOR PUBLIC MARKET. OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND FARMERS IN WEST VIRGINIA. AS SUCH, WE SUBSIDIZE ALL UTILITIES, INCLUDING THE YEARLY COST OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION. BESIDES PAYROLL, OUR SINGLE LARGEST EXPENSE IS THE COST OF ELECTRICITY, WHICH RANGES FROM $80,000 TO $90,000, ANNUALLY. GIVEN THE LARGE FOOTPRINT AND UNIQUE ORIENTATION OF CAPITOL MARKET, SOLAR POWER GENERATION WILL VIRTUALLY ELIMINATE OUR ELECTRICITY COSTS WHILE PROVIDING A BACKUP SOURCE OF POWER NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED. FURTHER, WE WILL HAVE CREATED THE LARGEST SOLAR MICRO-GRID WITHIN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER SIMILAR PROJECTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THE PV PANELS WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 381 KW-DC OF POWER, AND THE BATTERY WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 253,900 KW-DC.

$713,000FY2025Department of EnergyDOE

Capitol Market, Inc.

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