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Residents urge Elbert County commissioners to deny Xcel/"Excel" transmission and solar applications
Summary
Multiple residents and an environmental group urged the Elbert County Board of County Commissioners to deny applications from the utility (referred to in the record as "Excel"/"Xcel"), citing potential property-value loss, environmental harm, eminent-domain threats and the prospect of appeals to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
At the Elbert County Board of County Commissioners meeting, several residents and a local environmental group urged the commissioners to deny a utility's recent transmission and future solar-related permit applications, citing concerns about property values, landscape impacts and potential legal pressure on the county.
Those speaking during the public comment period said the utility's filings (referred to in the record as "Excel" or "Xcel") had inconsistencies and posed threats to local landowners. Sunny Mills (27310 Forest Ridge Drive) told commissioners the project would be "so industrial in a riparian habitat that it would destroy home values and change…
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