HUNGRY VALLEY, Nev. (AP) – The Reno-Sparks Indian Colony is going solar.

Tribal officials plan a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday for a recently installed 140-kilowatt solar power system that will generate a substantial amount of the electricity for the colony's community education center in Hungry Valley north of Reno.

It's one of three solar power systems they are building with the help of more than $1 million worth of rebates from NV Energy's SolarGenerations program.

Tribal chairman Arlan Melendez says it will save the colony an estimated $39,000 in annual energy costs.

In conjunction with a local company, CleanPath Renewables, the colony already has put in place a ground-mounted solar panel system in the valley. They plan a third system designed for the colony's Tribal Health Center just east of downtown Reno.