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Planning board conditionally approves decommissioning bond for 261 North Sturbridge Road solar project
Summary
The Charlton Planning Board voted Oct. 1 to conditionally approve a decommissioning bond for the NextEra Energy solar project at 261 North Sturbridge Road, requiring an environmental surety (which may be a separate bond), DC-valued calculations and updated panel counts; a certificate of occupancy will not be issued until the bond is submitted.
The Town of Charlton Planning Board voted Oct. 1 to conditionally approve a decommissioning bond for the NextEra Energy solar project at 261 North Sturbridge Road, requiring an environmental/hazardous‑waste surety (which may be a separate bond), calculations stated in DC output values and an updated panel count in the decommissioning worksheet.
The requirement matters because the decommissioning bond is the town’s financial guarantee that the solar site can be dismantled and site impacts remediated at the end of the project’s life; board members repeatedly framed the condition as necessary to cover hazardous‑waste risk and to make sure operators cannot begin commercial operation until the town has the financial assurance in place. Chair (Planning Board) said the surety should explicitly include…
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