California county jail to save $12 million in energy costs with solar carport and Tesla battery

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Ritesh Pothan

A solar and battery storage project developed and financed by Sunrock Distributed Generation is now in operation at the County Jail in Salinas, California. Funded through a PPA, it is expected to save the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, which operates the jail, more than $12 million over its lifetime. The installation includes a 1.243-MW carport solar…

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About Ritesh Pothan

Ritesh Pothan, is an accomplished speaker and visionary in the Solar Energy space in India. Ritesh is from an Engineering Background with a Master’s Degree in Technology and had spent more than a decade as the Infrastructure Head for a public limited company with the last 9 years dedicated to Solar and Renewable Energy. He also runs the 2 largest India focused renewable energy groups on LinkedIn - Solar - India and Renewables - India
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