(La Porte, IN) - The City of La Porte is seeing some big savings from going solar.

The solar panels installed at the municipal waste water treatment plant in 2019 saved about $250,000 in 2024 according to La Porte Waste Water Department Superintendent Jerry Jackson. Now, the plant runs mostly on energy from the sun.

“The solar power plant provides about 89 to 92 percent, depending on the year, of all of the electric the treatment plant needs,” he said.

Over a 20 year period, Jackson estimated the annual savings will total to over $2 million. It’s expected to take another eight years or so for the investment to pay for itself.