Journals

Ehren's Chicken Scratch

• Week of June 5th
  • Met with Charlie and Colin to get a head start on the SusSys course (notes from meeting follow).
    • Agreed to be the phone monkey and call: Gus Duke at RP&L + Contact RP&L and the electrical inspector about plans for a PV sys.
    • Agreed to look into using interlibrary loans to pick up some more sustainability books.
    • Sounds like Charlie and Colin have got us hooked up with a WattNode monitoring device. Mal Sehen. I probably should stop by Miller Farm since I haven't seen the inside yet. © Charlie: the first few classes will be focused on conducting an energy audit of Miller Farm.

• • Made contact with Harry Phillips, 973-7261, (Marketing @ RP&L). © Harry: interested in PV and alt. power. Sees no reason we shouldn't go ahead, but first contact Steve Saum, 973-7410, (Manager, Engineering @ RP&L).
  • Got a hold of Lynn Spencer (Wayne County Electrical Inspector). © Lynn: getting a permit will be a snap. Just stop by the office, anyone can pick on up. Would like to stop by and see our work when we get started. Chill about the details, mostly worried about the connection to the grid.
  • Chatted with Steve Saum. © Steve: Would like to be kept informed and take a look at our designs. Grid tie no problem on his end, but we should talk with IMPA about buy back since RP&L has exclusive contract for buying power with them.
  • Library run for alt. energy books turned up a big 401.