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Residents raise cybersecurity, environmental and nuisance concerns about Goshen projects and proposed annexation
Summary
Multiple residents used public comment to urge trustees to scrutinize Goshen-related projects: claims ranged from alleged embedded 'kill switches' in Chinese-made solar equipment to anticipated noise, water use and zoning concerns for a proposed data center site to be annexed into Manteno.
At the July 21 public comment period, several Manteno residents raised concerns tied to projects associated with a company frequently referred to as Goshen and to a separate potential annexation into Manteno.
Anne Gates urged the village to review solar and energy storage equipment being deployed in the region and cited national reporting and investigations. Gates said reports show an undisclosed extra component in Chinese-made inverters and described it…
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