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Effingham County committee tables draft solar and wind ordinance after hours of discussion
Summary
County board members and residents debated draft rules for commercial solar and wind facilities, including application fees, decommissioning bonds and enforcement, then voted to table the measure for further study.
Effingham County board committee members and residents spent more than an hour debating a draft ordinance to regulate commercial solar and wind facilities before voting to table the measure for additional review.
The draft ordinance, which staff members said incorporated legal input from outside counsel and examples from other counties, would set application fees, require decommissioning plans and financial assurance, and create inspection and reporting obligations. Committee member Norbert (county board member) told the group he had “incorporated all of those suggestions” received from an advisor and outside stakeholders into the latest draft.
Resident Kathy (surname not specified) told the committee that landowners near her home had been approached in recent days and said developers were urging landowners to sign quickly because…
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