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Developer urges Louisa County workshop on draft solar siting agreement, calls for lower fees and longer timelines
Summary
Representatives from Urban Grid asked the Louisa County Board of Supervisors to hold a workshop on a draft siting agreement they say would impose an annual fee equal to 0.1% of the county operating budget and limit projects to three years, both of which the developer said would hinder solar development.
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…
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