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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, will launch the first microgrid electrical utility in the United States, according to a news release.
Cuyahoga Green Energy (CGE) has contracted with Compass Energy Platform to serve as the utility operator for the county run utility.
On Dec. 5, the Cuyahoga County Council unanimously approved the 10-year contract during its Council meeting.Together with $1.8 million of Department of Energy funding secured by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Compass Energy Platform will bring its own capital and engineering partners to develop and finance the utility's first three projects planned in Euclid, Brooklyn and the Aerozone region adjacent to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
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