Commission seeks pre-emptive standards for large solar and data-center projects
Members urged a proactive, flexible ordinance approach for large-scale solar and data-center projects, recommending model language (UW Extension) and possible mitigation/one-time payments to cover road and emergency-service impacts.
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The commission reviewed resources and model language about large-scale solar and data-center developments and urged proactive, flexible rules that can be adapted to future infrastructure types. Members discussed frontline impacts such as road damage, transmission requirements and emergency-service costs and noted that some model agreements use one-time mitigation payments to offset local impacts.
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