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Planning commission conditionally approves Foxtail Solar 55 MW array and 55 MW battery storage
Summary
The Tulare County Planning Commission voted to adopt a mitigated negative declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act and conditionally approve Special Use Permit PSP24-065 to allow a 55-megawatt solar array and a 55-megawatt battery energy storage system on agricultural land near Road 80 in Tulare County.
The Tulare County Planning Commission voted to adopt a mitigated negative declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act and conditionally approve Special Use Permit PSP24-065 to allow a 55-megawatt solar array and a 55-megawatt battery energy storage system on agricultural land near Road 80 in Tulare County.
David Alexander, a Planner III in the Tulare County Resource Management Agency (RMA) project processing division, told commissioners the project would occupy about 450 acres of a roughly 475-acre parcel at 18839 Road 80, Tulare (APN 220-850-20), in the AE-40 zone and within the Rural Valley Lands plan. Alexander said the application includes a developer agreement that will require a reclamation plan and financial assurances and a sales-tax agreement intended to locate point-of-sale activity in Tulare County.
The project is proposed by Foxtail…
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