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Moss & Associates briefs Halifax supervisors on Foxhound solar plant; Dominion to take ownership
Summary
Moss & Associates updated the board on the Foxhound solar project near Green Valley Road and Mount Laurel: the contractor said the 108.3 MW DC (83.5 MW AC) site has produced power since 2023, will be closed out administratively and that ownership transferred to Dominion Energy, which agreed to honor permit conditions.
Chase Duke, senior project engineer with Moss & Associates, told the Halifax County Board of Supervisors the Foxhound solar site near Green Valley Road and Mount Laurel is substantially complete and producing power to the grid.
"This is a 108.3 megawatt site," Duke said, adding that the plant is producing enough power to serve more than 17,000 homes. He described final civil stabilization work, stormwater basins, erosion controls and vegetative screening buffers installed to reduce visual impacts for nearby residents.
Duke said the site has been active since 2023 and that Long Road Energy sold the project to Dominion Energy; Dominion, as the offtaker, will take ownership and assume responsibilities for screening and maintenance under the county's permit conditions. Residents questioned whether large-scale battery storage is planned; Duke said he had not been made aware of any battery storage proposals for this location.
Neighbors asked about screening survivability and replacements; the contractor said dead plantings have been replanted and that the owner/operators maintain on-site teams for routine maintenance. Officials clarified the county approved transfer and that the buyer agreed to abide by the permit's screening and environmental conditions.
The presentation was framed as a closeout update: county staff indicated final inspections and civil-permit closeout remain to complete before the county formally signs off on the project.
