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Commissioners flag power-line access roads, press Public Service Commission on local control for solar projects
Summary
Commissioners raised concerns about new transmission power-line filings that would add hundreds of access roads and acres of land disturbance, and urged the Public Service Commission not to waive local permitting and standards for solar projects.
Carroll County commissioners used their Feb. 27 session to highlight continuing local opposition to new transmission and solar projects and to urge that state regulators preserve local review authority.
Commissioner Rothstein reported new data from local opponents: "There are going to be 303 access roads created for the power lines across all 3 counties, and that's going to destroy another 140 acres of land," he said, referring to an…
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