Sundance Solar Project Draws Extensive Public Comment; Planning Commission Continues Hearing to April 16

The Planning Commission opened a combined major 10-41 permit and Special Use by Review (SUR) public hearing April 15 for the Sundance Solar project, a proposal by Sundance Solar LLC / Cypress Creek Renewables to construct up to 74.9 megawatts of solar generation with 50 megawatts (4-hour) of battery energy storage on land east of Kiowa Bennett Road and south of County Road 154. After a lengthy staff presentation, developer remarks and more than an hour of public comment and commissioner questioning, the commission voted to continue the hearing to April 16 at 6:00 p.m. to allow additional review and follow-up.