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Greenwood County says rezoning for Bradley-area Duke Energy solar project withdrawn; incentives may require future hearings

Greenwood County Council · November 19, 2025
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Council was told that a rezoning request for roughly 1,005 acres near 5 Notch Road tied to a proposed Duke Energy utility-scale solar project has been withdrawn after staff concluded such projects are permitted under existing forest-agriculture zoning; Duke Energy may later seek economic development incentives that would need council action and a public hearing, anticipated in early 2026.

Vice Chairman Pruitt told Greenwood County Council that Ordinance 2025-29, a rezoning request tied to a proposed Duke Energy solar project, will not proceed to a third reading because county staff concluded utility-scale solar is a permitted use under the existing forest-agriculture…

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