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Engineer outlines $25.25 million decommissioning plan; county questions missing details and seal

Edgar County Board · October 30, 2025
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Summary

Anne Rowley, a project engineer for TRC Companies, presented a preliminary decommissioning plan that estimates the gross cost at $25,249,600.40 for Stateline Energy Center, but county attorneys and board members said the exhibit omits items the Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement and state siting statute require.

Anne Rowley, a project manager and senior project engineer at TRC Companies, told the Edgar County Board during a public hearing that her firm prepared the preliminary decommissioning plan for Stateline Energy Center LLC by compiling the applicant’s site civil drawings, counting quantities and applying Edgar County prevailing labor rates and standard contractor costs.

Rowley, who the applicant identified as an expert in civil site design, said the estimate is preliminary and intended to be refined later with final building-permit drawings. “The total gross cost was $25,249,600.40 currently,” she said as she summarized the line-item spreadsheet her team produced.

The decommissioning estimate includes removal of structures and access roads unless a landowner requests to keep them, erosion-control measures, and contractor…

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