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Resident warns county leaders about large-scale solar projects targeting Lyme and northern Jefferson County
Summary
A resident told the Jefferson County Board of Legislators that two proposed utility-scale solar projects in the town of Lyme would cover thousands of acres of farmland and that changes to state siting rules could speed future development across northern Jefferson County.
Bill Kleftis, a Lyme resident and member of Concerned Citizens for Responsible Solar, told the Jefferson County Board of Legislators that two proposed utility-scale solar projects planned for the town of Lyme would take large amounts of prime agricultural land and could presage additional development across northern Jefferson County. "Riverside is a 100 megawatt project that consumes over thousand acres of prime agricultural land," he said during the public-comment portion of the Sept. meeting.
Kleftis said Riverside (described in his remarks as a roughly 100-megawatt project) was…
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