BOULDER Premier Members Credit Union has signed a contract to subscribe to solar power generated at Jack’s Solar Garden, a 1.2 megawatt solar array on North 95th Street in Longmont. The credit union’s subscription of 10% of Jack’s Solar Garden makes it the second largest commercial subscriber. Premier Members will pay for the generation of an estimated 247,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy per year and earn back solar credits on its electric bill through Xcel Energy. Premier Members is projected to procure an estimated 1,235,000 kWh over the course of the initial contract, the equivalent of 873 metric tons of carbon, or removing 190 passenger vehicles from the road. “Premier Members is proud to be an early supporter of Jack’s Solar Garden and is excited to see the positive impact on the planet and our community,” Miles Hoffman, senior sustainability specialist at Premier Members, said in a written statement. “Jack’s Solar Garden is a unique, progressive a
BOULDER The Boulder Chamber has named seven community leaders representing local businesses and nonprofit organizations to its Community Affairs Council. The new cohort joins 39 returning CAC members who help advise on the Boulder Chamber’s positions regarding local and state policy issues including housing, high-speed internet access, workforce transportation solutions and commercial development regulations that affect Boulder’s regional economic vitality.
The CAC members added in 2021 are: Jason Isenberg, Sunflower Bank; Iffie Jennings, Xcel Energy; Dr. Mark Laitos, Cigna Health; Dawn Paepke, Kaiser Permanente; Sara Seeley, FNBO; Steve Schrader, Premier Members Credit Union; and Laura Sheinbaum, Boulder Housing Partners.
“We will address a wide variety of issues from high-speed internet access to transportation,” Lori Call, senior director of policy programs for the Boulder Chamber, said in a written statement. “We will benefit greatly from the knowl