Antioch Lone Tree Golf Course and Event Center - Ribbon Cutting 3

Lone Tree Golf and Event Center is Expected to Save over $1M in Energy Costs

November 19, 20190

SOLAR RUNS PAR FOR THE COURSE AT THE LONE TREE GOLF AND EVENT
CENTER, AND IS EXPECTED TO SAVE OVER $1M IN ENERGY COSTS

ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 25, 2019
The City of Antioch is announcing the completion of six new solar parking canopies at the city’s Lone Tree
Golf and Event Center marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony today. The solar arrays, totaling at 374
kilowatts (kW), will provide shade to the golf course parking lots, as well as clean, cheaper energy to the
facilities. The decision to go solar stemmed largely from the city’s desire to offset rising energy costs, with
solar now offsetting 85% of the facility’s energy usage.

Antioch Lone Tree Golf Course and Event Center- Photo Credit to ForeFrontPower.com

Antioch Lone Tree Golf Course and Event Center 2

Photo Credit to ForeFrontPower.com

Antioch selected local solar and energy storage developer, ForeFront Power, to develop, finance, and
construct the solar project. All of this came at no cost to the city, thanks to the Power Purchase Agreement
(PPA). Over the course of the twenty-year agreement, the city’s golf course will receive discounted solar
energy, which is expected to save the city over $1M over twenty years.

Ribbon Cutting – Photo Credit to ForeFrontPower.com

The City of Antioch is one of the many progressive California communities that is seeking to not only offset
rising utility rates, but also reduce environmental impact using renewable energy. Created after the
passage of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB32), the state initiative aims to reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. In 2009 the City of Antioch created their own
goal to reduce GHG emissions by 25% in year 2025 and by 80% by year 2050.

In 2011, the City put that goal into action by creating the Community Climate Action Plan, which highlights
possible programs and actions that the City can adopt to reach emission reduction targets. According to
Julie Haas-Wajdowicz, Antioch’s Environmental Resources Coordinator, the adoption of PV solar plays an
important role in the Community Climate Action Plan. “The City has a community-wide goal of installing
10,000 kW of solar PV,” said Haas-Wajdowicz. The solar project at the Lone Tree Golf and Event Center
helps us achieve this goal.

The City is excited that the Lone Tree Golf Course and Event Center are now operating more sustainably.