Commissioners debate Resolution 2015 wording, special‑use permits and whether to include nuclear energy

Montezuma County commissioners spent substantial discussion time on Jan. 6 reviewing the wording and implications of Resolution 2015, a board statement encouraging and promoting renewable energy development within the county. Commissioners and staff disagreed over whether the resolution’s language could be read to preclude or bypass land‑use special‑use permit requirements, and one commissioner argued that the resolution omits nuclear energy despite that commissioner’s view that nuclear should be considered a form of clean energy.