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Cornell Cooperative Extension begins outreach on large-scale solar siting, conservation payments and host-community benefits
Summary
Cornell Cooperative Extension staff began countywide outreach to municipal officials about large-scale solar siting, proposed countywide conservation/pilot payment approaches, host community benefit agreements and agrivoltaics, and offered to gather concerns and provide guidance.
A Cornell Cooperative Extension educator described early-stage outreach to municipal officials about large-scale solar development and potential county-level responses. The extension staffer said many projects are announced late in the local process and that municipalities and residents often have limited time to review proposals.
Proposals discussed included: a county-managed fund or a pilot payment “adder” that would increase payments from developers for projects located on active or prime farmland; county administration of…
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