The electricity produced from the Morey Field Solar project is managed by MGE, which is responsible for delivering the electricity to the project customers via long-term supply contracts. The project’s main customers include the City of Middleton and the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District. Both organizations committed to purchasing a combined 1.5 MW, which makes them the first customers in Wisconsin to contract with their local utility to receive emission-free electricity from an offsite solar plant. The Project goes beyond the original Middleton referendum’s stated goals and will help save taxpayer dollars. By purchasing renewable energy at a low, consistent rate over the life of the project, the Middleton-Cross Plains School District will save an estimated $1 million and the City will save another $353,000 compared to “business as usual” power purchase costs. The remainder of the project – approximately 3.5 MW – expanded MGE’s Shared Solar program, a service that allows smaller commercial customers, including nonprofits, as well as residential customers to participate in a solar option. 

OneEnergy Renewables originated and developed the Morey Field Solar project, working with the City of Middleton to sign a long-term lease agreement, and with MGE to arrange the interconnection to the local grid, coordinating Power Purchase Agreements between all parties, and securing the necessary permits from the Federal Aviation Administration to build adjacent to an active airport. Construction on the project began in 2019 and the project is now generating emission-free electricity for Wisconsinites.