By Reno Gazette-Journal

Truckee High School senior Bella Bono has been volunteering for the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe since she was 10, but this year she had an idea – fund and install a solar array for the animal shelter.

Bono started planning the solar installation in April, working with her father, Joe Bono, to get donated materials and services, fundraise for what wasn’t donated, and complete a 5.5 kilowatt solar installation at the animal shelter. Bono hopes to have the panels up and running this fall.

The 22 solar panels and other equipment should last about 25 years, saving the Humane Society and town of Truckee an estimated $42,000 over that time, Bono said, using the Truckee Donner Public Utility District’s net metering program.

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