Mem
orandumMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DU PAGE
AND MIDWEST RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION
TO PROVIDE A SOLAR GROUP BUY PROGRAM
(NO COUNTY COST)
resolution
WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly has granted the County of DuPage (“COUNTY”) authority to enter into agreements and do all other acts in relation to the concerns of the County necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers (55 ILCS 5/5-1005); and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Strategic Plan includes a Quality of Life Imperative 1: , to 1.3.2 Facilitate the goal of reducing greenhouse gas levels by 20% by 2030, as well as other “Cool DuPage” goals to be accomplished through education efforts aimed at increasing the knowledge and use of alternative energy solutions throughout the COUNTY; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY has an opportunity to partner with the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (“MREA”), a non-profit with principal offices at 7558 Deer Road, Custer, Wisconsin 54423. and Citizens Utility Board (CUB), a non-profit with principal offices at 309 West Washington Street, Chicago, IL 60606, on a “Solar Switch” program, which will be a solar group buy program to educate DuPage County residents about the benefits of solar power and connect residents with a lower cost group buy solar opportunity; and
WHEREAS, the MREA and CUB have prepared the attached Memorandum of Understanding (hereinafter “MOU”) with the COUNTY to develop a Program and Scope of Work that accomplishes the Solar Switch goals and Strategic Plan Imperative at no cost to the COUNTY.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that that Chair and Clerk of said Board are hereby directed and authorized to execute the attached Memorandum of Understanding between the COUNTY, MREA, and CUB effective May 9, 2023.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this Resolution and executed MOU to the CUB and MREA.
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Enacted and approved this 9th day of May, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK