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Presenters tell Westmoreland supervisors solar is cheaper, manageable locally with ordinances and revenue deals
Summary
Energy Right briefed the Board and Planning Commission on utility-scale solar economics, stormwater and decommissioning rules, and recommended local ordinance elements (setbacks, buffers, bonding) and revenue-share or siting agreements to capture local payments.
Energy Right, a Virginia organization that says it brings a ‘‘conservative, rural’’ perspective to clean-energy planning, presented a briefing to the Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission on utility-scale solar development and policy options.
Skyler, a founder of Energy Right, told the joint meeting that the levelized cost of utility-scale solar has fallen sharply over the last decade and that utility-scale projects can now produce power far more cheaply than many other resources. He said larger projects require high-voltage transmission connections while smaller projects can use local distribution lines. ‘‘Over the past 10 or so years, costs have come down 80 to 90%,’’…
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