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Wichita County approves reinvestment zone for proposed TotalEnergies solar project
Summary
Wichita County’s commissioners voted unanimously Oct. 3 to authorize the County Judge to sign a resolution establishing Wichita Solar Reinvestment Zone No. 1, a legal step that permits future tax abatement negotiations on land inside the zone but does not itself grant an abatement or change property valuations.
Wichita County’s commissioners voted unanimously Oct. 3 to authorize the County Judge to sign a resolution establishing Wichita Solar Reinvestment Zone No. 1, a legal step that permits future tax abatement negotiations on land inside the zone but does not itself grant an abatement or change property valuations.
The action followed a public hearing during which Bernard Jackson, development manager for TotalEnergies, described plans for a solar project on roughly 6,000 contiguous acres that the company says would produce about 725 megawatts and begin construction in January 2026 with an expected two‑year build time. "...the project is encompassing 6,000 contiguous acres ... we plan to build a 725 megawatt solar project,"…
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