12345 EL MONTE RD
LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA
Foothill College is a public community college occupying a 122-acre campus with multiple academic buildings, labs, theaters, athletic facilities, and large student parking lots serving ~13,000 enrolled students. The campus operates daytime and evening loads across HVAC, lighting, lab equipment, and auxiliary facilities.
Projected savings.
Year 1
$66,100
Lifetime (~30 yr)
$4,933,000
By the numbers.
2.3
Years to payback
$11.7M
Total benefits (lifetime)
$6.8M
Property value gain
$345,802
Tax incentives captured
Levelized cost of energy
Like most LOS ALTOS HILLS businesses, the site was paying high Peak rates and large Demand charges — the kind of bill structure that punishes daytime energy use and penalizes the very hours commercial properties consume the most power. The result was a Levelized Cost Of Energy (LCOE) of $1.17/kWh from PG&E, reduced to $0.04/kWh from SolarPorts.
SolarPorts evaluated their interval power usage (every 15 minutes) and proposed a right-sized 90.0 kW solar system for on-site generation delivered as 3 SolarPort carport structures above the parking lot.
The system now produces roughly 141,120 AC kWh of clean energy each year, an estimated $66,100 in year-one utility offsets, and around $4,933,000 in net lifetime savings — turning a recurring operating-cost into a long-term, predictable energy hedge.
System spec
System design
- Site
- 12345 EL MONTE RD
LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA 94022 - APN
- 17541016
- Utility
- PG&E
- Seismic rating
- 1.9
- Irradiance
- 2
- System size
- 90.0 kW DC
- Estimated production
- 141,120 AC kWh / year
- Year-1 utility offset
- $66,100
- Lifetime savings (~30 yr)
- $4,933,000
- Solar panels
- 180 × Trina 480 BiFacial
- SolarPort structures
- 3
- Wire loss
- 2.0%
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