Mayer Electric in Marietta installed the free station as a benefit to its employees, customers and the public.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Marietta is going electric. One of the city's first free electric car charging stations was introduced April 3. Representatives from the city of Marietta, General Electric (GE), Clean Cities-Atlanta and Mayer Electric introduced the station at 1455 Canton Road. Mayer Electric installed the free station as a benefit to its employees, customers and the public. Electric vehicles are growing in popularity. There are approximately 59 car charging stations in metro Atlanta. Marietta resident Stephen Taylor is no stranger to electric vehicles. He's been driving them since 2001. "I started buying cars with better gas mileage than my previous car, and I finally found electric cars, which is the ultimate. No gas at all," Taylor said in a February …
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Students will be able to monitor the solar panels through the internet and learn the principles of solar energy.
The Marietta Sixth Grade Academy is the recipient of a 5,000-watt solar energy system. The installation is the result of a joint effort between Marietta City Schools, Marietta Power and Water and Electric Cities of Georgia. Under the Renewable Energy Grant Program, Electric Cities of Georgia received $460,000 of economic stimulus money for solar system projects and awarded a portion of the grant money to Marietta Power and Water for the installation of one of the solar systems. Contributing one-third of the system's total cost, Marietta Power and Water selected Marietta Sixth Grade Academy as the recipient of the system. “Marietta Power and Water already partners with us on the Save-A-Watt energy conservation contest at our schools,” said …
