Commission approves multiple large solar and transmission permits for northwest county projects

The Clark County Commission on Aug. 20 approved a series of use permits, design reviews and limited waivers for several large-scale solar generation projects and associated transmission, battery storage and substation facilities in the county's northwest planning area. Nut graf: Commissioners voted to approve parallel applications for utility-scale solar projects and ancillary facilities after applicants withdrew certain waiver requests and public-works staff and commissioners clarified conditions governing off-site improvements, buffering near sensitive parcels and right-of-way dedications. The largest of the projects described in the meeting record is the Larrea Solar Project. Linda Bullen, representing the applicant, told the commission the Larrea project would be a 205-megawatt photovoltaic facility sited on about 1,233 acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and has an anticipated 45-year lifespan with a possibility of repowering. "It's…