Val Newcomb, vice president of community and economic development for Urban Grid, told the Louisa County Board of Supervisors during public comment that her company is developing several agrivoltaic projects in Virginia and would like to discuss the county’s draft siting agreement.

“We are hoping that we can instigate a workshop to talk further about the siting agreements,” Newcomb said, introducing Jeff Chang, Urban Grid’s director of development.

Jeff Chang told supervisors the draft agreement includes two provisions he said would make projects difficult to build: an annual payment set at 0.1% of the county’s operating budget and a three-year limit on the planning and development window. “That…is in excess of around a $150,000 per megawatt… and that’s gonna be levied on an annual basis,” Chang said. He added the three-year limitation “definitely eats into some of the planning and engineering that goes into developing a project” and noted interconnection and approval processes can take longer than three years.

Chang asked the board to consider a workshop so developers and county staff could refine the draft and reconcile timing and fee expectations with solar project timelines.

The board did not take action on the request during the meeting; Newcomb and Chang requested only an opportunity for further discussion and a workshop that would allow staff and supervisors to review the draft agreement with industry representatives.

The county’s packet and staff materials about the siting agreement were not discussed in detail during public comment and the transcript does not record any formal change to the draft agreement.

Missing details: The transcript did not include the exact draft ordinance language, a county staff presentation on revenues or fee mechanics, or a schedule for the requested workshop.