Origis Energy is committed to making contributions in communities where our utility scale solar installations are located. This solar energy philanthropic program was started to serve underprivileged and disadvantaged young talent, minorities and veterans. This donation by Origis Energy is a result of the FL Solar 1 – Tallahassee Solar I and FL Solar 4 – Tallahassee Solar II projects for the City of Tallahassee, Florida located at the Tallahassee International Airport (TLH).
Partnering Utility
The City of Tallahassee Electric Utility is committed to enriching the quality of life in Tallahassee by providing clean and reliable electric service to its customers through a professional and diverse workforce that is committed to safe, responsible, cost effective and customer-focused operations. It is a vertically integrated electric utility with generation, transmission and distribution operations. As the 4th largest municipal electric utility in Florida and the 22nd largest in the United States (of over 2,000), it has 295 employees dedicated to meeting the city’s electric service needs.
Entities Receiving Financial Assistance
Founded on April 13th, 1955, Southern Scholarship Foundation (SSF) is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation serving higher education students. Today the Foundation owns and operates a total of twenty-seven scholarship houses, serving seven partner institutions. SSF currently houses over 450 students and has assisted more than 8,700 deserving students over the past half century.