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Caribou planning board to develop solar‑siting guidance; members favor buffers and screening
2966365 · April 11, 2025
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Summary
Board members discussed proactive policy options for utility‑scale solar, including enhanced setbacks and vegetative screening, to avoid reactive moratoria and reduce conflicts with farmland and housing.
Planning board members discussed drafting local guidance for solar development to reduce conflicts with housing and farmland and to avoid emergency moratoria similar to recent action in nearby Presque Isle.
Why it matters: members said the city is not connected to the adjacent Canadian grid and views local generation as desirable, but they want…
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