The above quote is from Richard Kidd, the Army’s deputy assistant secretary for energy and sustainability.
The context is US Army is buying 15 MW of solar PV and 50 MW of wind power through a 30 year contract. The interesting part is the cost of energy is lower than the cost of conventional electricity provided by the grid. For more see http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-20/u-s-army-buys-65-megaw...
More quotes from the article:
"The Army will pay ... as much as $497.4 million over the life of the deal, about $168 million less than what it would pay for power from the traditional electricity grid"
“We are not spending money for optics or to feel good about our work,” Richard Kidd, the Army’s deputy assistant secretary for energy and sustainability, said in a telephone interview Tuesday. “We are spending money that either enhances our mission effectiveness or is an investment that saves resources over time.”