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Industrial warehouse — solar plus peak shaving

Bloomfield, Connecticut · Industrial / warehouse, single meter · 620 kW-DC rooftop solar + 250 kW / 500 kWh storage

A single-meter distribution building on an Eversource commercial rate with a real demand component. This is the shape of site where solar and storage both pay: steady daytime load, large uninterrupted roof, and enough billed peak for a battery to work against.

Aerial view of an industrial warehouse roof covered with solar panels in winter light

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Modeled annual benefit
$142,500
Sum of the supported lines below only. Program performance value is excluded because it settles on measured dispatch — Connecticut Energy Storage Solutions Program Manual (revised 2026-05-19), §6.5–6.6.
Demand charges today
$67,200 / yr
400 kW billed peak at $14/kW-month.
Solar offset
62% of addressable usage
744,000 kWh/yr modeled production against 1,200,000 kWh/yr of addressable load.
The tariff
  • Eversource commercial rate with a monthly billed-demand determinant of roughly $14/kW.
  • Demand charges account for about a third of the annual bill before any measure is taken.
  • Time differential is modest, so the storage case rests on demand reduction rather than energy arbitrage.
The site
  • Approximately 88,000 sq ft of flat membrane roof, 11 years old, with remaining service life confirmed by the roofing report.
  • Existing 1,200 A service with headroom for a 620 kW-DC array plus a 250 kW inverter block.
  • Ground-level pad space beside the loading yard for the storage enclosures and fire setbacks.
The design
  • 620 kW-DC rooftop array on ballasted racking, sized to on-site consumption rather than roof capacity.
  • 250 kW / 500 kWh storage — 63% of the 400 kW billed peak at a two-hour duration.
  • Dispatch tuned to the monthly billed-demand window; any program dispatch value is settled on measured performance, not assumed.
Modeled economics

Bloomfield, Connecticut: modeled annual economics, line by line

Modeled annual economics for this example
LineModeled valueBasis
Energy offset from solar$107,500 / yr85% of modeled production consumed on site at a $0.17/kWh blended rate; exported production is not valued here.
Demand-charge reduction$35,000 / yr250 kW cleared in 10 of 12 months at $14/kW-month.
Program performance paymentsNot modeledNot modeled as a dollar figure. Connecticut Energy Storage Solutions settles the performance payment on measured dispatch during declared events, and a two-hour block is not paid at nameplate kW across one-to-three-hour events — see Connecticut Energy Storage Solutions Program Manual (revised 2026-05-19), §6.5–6.6. Enrolment and settlement basis are confirmed per site.

Modeled figures only. Not an operating result, not customer data, not a quote. Federal, state and utility incentive availability depends on project facts and applicable requirements; NOI does not provide tax advice.

What can delay or disqualify
  • Connecticut Energy Storage Solutions pays the performance component on measured dispatch during declared events, and a two-hour block will not clear every one-to-three-hour event — no program dollar figure is modeled here (Connecticut Energy Storage Solutions Program Manual (revised 2026-05-19), §6.5–6.6).
  • Eversource interconnection study timing drives the schedule more than construction does.
  • A structural review can reduce usable roof area, which moves the solar figure down.
How this site runs through the five stages
  1. 01 Tariff read

    One bill per meter; demand determinants confirmed against the rate schedule.

  2. 02 Site validation

    Roof age and structure, service capacity, pad siting and fire setbacks.

  3. 03 Design and underwriting

    Sizing against measured load, operating case with stated assumptions, executable agreement.

  4. 04 Permitting and interconnection

    Town review plus utility study and approval — the long pole on this site type.

  5. 05 Operations

    Dispatch against the billed-demand window, program compliance filings, periodic reporting.

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