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Prairie Sunlight touts 500‑acre solar project’s local revenue as county hears calls for broader review of storage, moratorium
Summary
Representatives for Prairie Sunlight and supporting residents told the Franklin County Commission the proposed 500‑acre solar project would produce significant local revenue and jobs, while commenters pressed the county for clearer rules on battery storage and questioned the process that produced a solar moratorium.
Prairie Sunlight representatives and several residents presented the Franklin County Commission on Feb. 11 a proposal for a roughly 500‑acre solar farm and urged the commission to use existing special‑permit review procedures rather than an extended moratorium.
The presenters said the project would “use about 500 acres of solar panels” and, over an approximately 35‑year life, provide “$230,000,000 local economic value,” including about $153,000,000 in new property tax revenues for county services and targeted community funding and payments to landowners. Proponents asked the commission to require conditions through the county’s existing zoning and special‑use permit authority rather than block projects with a moratorium.
Supporters framed the project as compatible with…
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