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Planning commission approves Coldwell Solar 1 LLC project with mitigation and reclamation requirements
Summary
The commission certified a mitigated negative declaration and approved a special use permit for a roughly 40 MW solar facility with up to 20 MW of battery storage on two parcels; permit includes mitigation, financial assurance and Williamson Act compatibility steps.
The Tulare County Planning Commission on Aug. 27 adopted a mitigated negative declaration and approved special use permit PSP23-012 to allow Coldwell Solar 1 LLC to construct and operate an approximate 40-megawatt solar generation facility with up to 20 megawatts of energy storage on two parcels in the AE-40 (exclusive agricultural, 40‑acre minimum) zone.
Sandy Roper, chief planner with the Tulare County Resource Management Agency special projects division, presented the project and staff’s recommended mitigation measures and conditions. Roper said the proposal shifts the previously approved site about 2.3 miles south to reduce transmission line length and to interconnect at the adjacent Southern California Edison Bliss…
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