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On Friday the Morrison team had the wonderful opportunity to head to Sierra County in Northeast California to celebrate Roberti Ranch and the official unveiling of their 500 kilowatt solar system.

Dave Roberti and his family run a cattle and hay operation in rural Loyalton, California and were looking for a way to decrease the costs to power their nine 100-horsepower irrigation pumps. The family decided on solar energy and contacted Morrison to help with a Rural Energy for America Program grant.

With Morrison's help, Roberti Ranch was successful with their grant application and ended up securing the largest REAP grant award in California at $204,000 and the largest REAP loan guarantee in the nation at $1.4 million.

Roberti Ranch's solar project is the first in the Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative District and officially went online September 28.

We were so honored to take part in Roberti Ranch's project and to witness what hours of grant writing can help achieve.

If you're interested in learning more about REAP and the opportunities that may exist for your farming or ranching operation visit here or contact Morrison at (530) 893-4764.