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The Future of NEVI Funding: A Private Solution
Over the past few years, Optimus Energy Solutions has worked with local governments throughout the United States to help secure federal funding for EV charging stations in their communities. Unfortunately, it looks like it may be years until the $5.5 billion that has been sent to states for the National Electric Vehicle Initiative, or NEVI, will be spent.
Optimus Energy Solutions is still working with local governments to help build out their charger network. Only now, it is without the restrictions of NEVI and other federal grants and any significant outlay of capital from the government on a federal, state and local level.
Optimus Energy Solutions joins Amicus Operations & Maintenance Cooperative
Optimus Energy Solutions is proud to announce that we are now members of Amicus Operations and Maintenance (Amicus O&M) Cooperative. Amicus O&M Cooperative members “provide high quality operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the growing number of solar PV systems throughout North America.... By joining together in this cooperative, member-companies leverage each other’s staff and expertise to provide excellent O&M services for portfolios of PV systems all over the country.”
Optimus Energy Solutions, SS Designs Power New Solar Array
The floor of SS Designs’ 100,000-square-foot warehouse is filled with high-tech machinery, pushing out thousands of pieces of apparel a day for some of the world’s biggest-known brands.
However, with the company’s offshore competition using much cheaper labor, Cindy Zimmerman, the company’s president & CEO, constantly looks for unique ways to lower the expenses of the 45-year-old family business in Winter Haven.
This week, she turned to Optimus Energy Solutions to launch a significant solar array on the facility’s roof. The system will produce 100 percent of the energy used by the manufacturer each year.