Solar Project Funding

Mercury Solar Systems Helps Fuel Long Islandmore than 71,610 pounds of carbon dioxide, which is
Commercial Solar Marketwith Suffolk Transportationequivalent to recycling 964,920 cans of soda, not
Installationburning 3,687 gallons of gasoline and planting 5 acres
Mercury Solar Systems, one of the leading solarof trees.
integrators on the East Coast, today announced that“The Long Island solar market continues to
it has installed one of the larger commercial solarrapidly develop. LIPA’s cash rebates reduce the
energy systems on Long Island for Suffolkinitial investment of going solar by 50% and the
Transportation Service, Inc., operators of school andfederal tax credit reduces it by an additional 30%. For
public buses throughout Suffolk County. The 51a commercial solar system that translates into an
kilowatt (kW) 255-panel system was installed on theextremely attractive return on investment that will
company’s state-of-the-art headquarters in Baygenerate pollution free electricity savings up to 40
Shore, NY.years,” said Kevin P. Harvey, General Manager,
The solar energy system will produce approximatelyMercury Solar Systems. “We believe these
57,623 kilowatt hours (kW/hr) of electricity annuallyfinancials are very compelling and have increased our
and will save Suffolk Transportation approximatelyinternal resources to meet the needs of this growing
$10,718 in electricity costs per year. It will also offsetcustomer base in 2010 and beyond.