Hutt City Council has confirmed it will reinvest part of the remaining budget from the Te Ngaengae Pool and Fitness project into a large-scale solar panel installation. An invest-to-save measure that will help cut running costs. Today, Council resolved to put a further $765,000 toward installing a 250kWp solar array on the facility’s roof, expected to save around $77,500 a year in electricity costs. Mayor Campbell Barry says this is a continuation of the council’s invest to save strategy which brings costs down over the long term. Energy prices are a real pressure on Council budgets, and solar gives us a way to reduce those costs while also doing right by our environment,” Mayor Barry said.