BOONTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2026--
PowerLutions Solar today announced the completion of a multi-interconnection rooftop solar project at AvalonBay's community in Boonton, New Jersey. Developed and delivered in partnership with REV Energy Ventures and AvalonBay Communities, the project brings approximately 747 kW DC of on-site clean energy to the property.
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Designed to offset a substantial share of common-area electricity use, the system produced approximately 821,000 kWh in its first year - roughly the annual electricity use of about 79 homes - and is expected to avoid roughly 300 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually over its operating life.
The Boonton installation includes 13 interconnections across multiple roofs and uses Talesun modules with Enphase microinverters to support module-level performance, safety and reliability. The system is paired with enterprise-grade monitoring and alerting, interconnected with JCP&L under New Jersey's net-metering framework, and positioned to participate in applicable state solar incentive programs.
" With AvalonBay and RevEnergy, we delivered a complex 13-interconnection, 747-kW multi-rooftop system, " said Cy Yablonsky, vice president of PowerLutions Solar. " Through detailed load mapping and staged commissioning, we completed a resident-first solar upgrade and helped avoid a costly transformer upgrade. "
"AvalonBay's sustainability platform combines smart development, efficient operations, and innovative strategies to reduce environmental impact across our growing portfolio. Our emissions targets, clean energy investments, and partnerships with companies like PowerLutions Solar reflect our commitment to delivering resilient, high-performing communities,” said Gautami Palanki, Vice President of Sustainability at AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
“ This project reflects how strategic clean energy partnerships can help real estate owners advance their sustainability goals while delivering meaningful long-term energy savings, ” said Jeff Bedard, Managing Partner, REV Energy Ventures. “ The strong collaboration between our team, AvalonBay Communities and PowerLutions Solar positions the project to create lasting value for both the property and the surrounding community.”
About PowerLutions Solar
PowerLutions Solar, founded in 2008, is a full-service EPC delivering rooftop, canopy and distributed solar, battery storage and energy solutions for residential, commercial, multifamily and institutional clients. From engineering and procurement through construction and commissioning, PowerLutions builds reliable systems that reduce operating costs and carbon emissions. Learn more at powerlutions.com.
About AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., a member of the S&P 500, is an equity REIT that develops, redevelops, acquires and manages apartment communities in leading metropolitan areas across the United States.
About REV Energy Ventures
REV Energy Ventures is a renewable energy advisory and project implementation firm that helps major real estate owners evaluate, finance and execute solar and battery strategies. Founded in 2011, the company advises on and manages projects for large real estate portfolios across the United States.
Overhead drone view of the multi-roof solar installation, installed by PowerLutions Solar, at AvalonBay Boonton.
Aerial overview of the AvalonBay Boonton property showing rooftop solar arrays, installed by PowerLutions Solar, across the multifamily community.
Detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are taking their own lives at a pace unprecedented in the agency’s two-decade history, highlighting what experts call failures in care and oversight, according to an investigation by The Associated Press.
At least 10 detainees have died by suicide since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025 and ordered ICE to increase arrests and deportations, the investigation found. There have been seven such deaths since October, already the most in a fiscal year. ICE typically has recorded just one or no annual suicides.
The increased pace of suicides exceeds the growth in ICE’s detainee population, and those deaths account for nearly 20% of the 51 people who have died in ICE custody since January 2025.
Department of Homeland Security acting assistant secretary Lauren Bies said suicide deaths in ICE custody remain “extremely rare.”
Bies said detention staff follow protocols to protect detainees who show signs of self-harming and that ICE requires annual suicide prevention training. She said detainees receive comprehensive healthcare, including mental health services.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988.
Here are some takeaways from AP’s investigation:
Nine of the 10 who died were Hispanic men. One was a Chinese citizen. Their average age was 32.
They had usually been in ICE custody for less than a month and sometimes only a matter of days, according to AP's review of ICE data, autopsy reports, coroner’s rulings and police records
Among those who took their own lives was a 19-year-old laborer from Mexico, a 27-year-old housepainter from Colombia, and a 36-year-old restaurant worker from Nicaragua. Seven of the 10 had no record of violent crime.
The deaths have revealed holes in treatment and oversight across ICE’s system, where the detained population has spiked by 50% to 60,000 during Trump’s second term, AP found.
Five died in centers run by longtime ICE detention partners, CoreCivic and the GEO Group. A sixth died at a camp operated by an inexperienced contractor that ICE has since replaced. Three died in jails run by sheriffs. One died at a federal prison.
“We are deeply saddened by and take very seriously the passing of any individual in our care,” CoreCivic spokesperson Brian Todd said.
GEO Group spokesperson Christopher Ferreira said the company trains staff on suicide prevention and seeks “to maintain a safe and secure environment in compliance with the standards and requirements set by the federal government.” Officials who run the county jails declined to comment.
AP’s examination found that ICE detention centers have repeatedly fallen short in ways that violate ICE’s standards.
Staff ignored signs of distress, delayed mental health treatment and failed to monitor detainees who were already deemed at risk. They also permitted detainees to have access to materials that could be used for self-harm.
In some cases, distressed detainees were confined in isolation, a situation that can exacerbate feelings of humiliation and helplessness, according to experts.
Three of the facilities where ICE detainees died by suicide have struggled to meet ICE’s requirement that detainees receive medical and mental health screenings within 12 hours of arrival, according to inspection reports and jail records.
Experts said the unprecedented number of suicides is an indication that authorities are failing to properly oversee the detention of tens of thousands of immigrants swept up in the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation strategy.
“Something is going profoundly wrong from any kind of public health or mental health perspective,” said Dr. Sanjay Basu, a University of California-San Francisco epidemiologist who cowrote a study documenting the increase in mortality and suicide rates among ICE detainees. “This is one of those alarming, sudden increases.”
Dr. Homer Venters, former chief medical officer of New York City jails and an expert on ICE detainee deaths, called the rise in suicides terrifying.
The increase “reflects failures in how the system’s being operated, and particularly failures in how the first stages of coming into detention are happening so that people aren’t being assessed adequately,” he said. “And then if that receiving screening picks up red flags, they’re not acted on in a way that reduces the risk of them having preventable death.”
Last year’s suicide of 27-year-old Brayan Rayo Garzon at the Phelps County Jail in Rolla, Missouri, highlights gaps in how facilities assess, monitor and care for such detainees, experts said.
The Colombia native had been picked up by police in St. Louis on a misdemeanor fraud charge and turned over to ICE. The agency sent him to the jail in Rolla, which had recently started taking ICE detainees to generate revenue.
The jail did not perform an intake screening on Rayo for 35 hours. That's when he began exhibiting labored breathing, said he was anxious and requested mental health treatment that he did not receive.
Rayo grew ill with COVID-19 in the following days. He experienced aches, fevers, chills and nausea. The jail twice scheduled him for a routine mental health appointment but they were canceled each time, first due to staff concerns and then due to his infection.
Rayo was put into medical isolation, which meant he was alone in a cell and could not have his nightly phone call with his mother. On the fourth day, he passed notes in Spanish to English-speaking guards begging to speak with her.
Within an hour, he was found unresponsive. He died the next day. An autopsy determined he took his own life.
FILE - Detainees wave and spell out a rough SOS to a helicopter flying overhead, at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Krome Detention Center, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
