Solar developers tell Harlan County board comprehensive plan could jeopardize project

Oct 6, 2026

Three speakers — Bruce Binney, Patrick Moore and Robert McCormick (energyRe) — told the board during public forum that elements of the pending comprehensive plan could harm a proposed solar farm; they urged clarity and protections and noted a public hearing on the comp plan was scheduled Oct. 7.

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Speakers representing a local solar project addressed the board during the public forum to express concern about the county's pending comprehensive plan. Bruce Binney, Patrick Moore and Robert McCormick (with energyRe) said the draft plan, as they understand it, could affect permits or land-use approvals for their solar farm project and asked the county for clarity on how the plan would apply to existing and proposed renewable-energy developments.

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