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Local Power warns conditional-use ordinance could slow CCA projects; community groups urge Board delay
Summary
Local Power and public commenters told LAFCO that proposed amendments to file no. 081058 (conditional-use rules for some power plants) could create permitting barriers—especially with a 10-megawatt threshold—and urged the Board of Supervisors to delay a second reading until Local Power’s final report is available.
Local Power and community groups told the Local Agency Formation Commission on Wednesday that a pending ordinance at the Board of Supervisors could unintentionally impede Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) efforts to site local clean-energy projects.
Robert Frieling of Local Power flagged changes in a draft ordinance (file no. 081058) that raise a conditional-use threshold from 5 megawatts to 10 megawatts and broaden the language to refer to “facilities,” which he said could capture networks of smaller, behind-the-meter systems that, when aggregated, exceed the threshold. "If a network of multiple solar roofs and fuel cells…
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