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Navajo County board authorizes chair to sign agreement for 650 MW solar project after decommissioning plan is reconciled
Summary
The Navajo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to authorize the chair to execute a development agreement with Sygenus LLC for a proposed 650 MW photovoltaic facility and 400 MW battery storage system, contingent on reconciling Exhibit E (the decommissioning plan). The agreement includes a $6 million one-time community benefit and bonding and reclamation commitments.
The Navajo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to authorize the chair to execute a development agreement with Sygenus LLC for a proposed solar-and-battery facility, contingent on reconciling Exhibit E, the project decommissioning plan.
County manager Brian Layton told the board the site-selection and public-outreach process followed statutory requirements and local ordinance updates that included three listening sessions in Sholo, Heber and Joseph City. Planning manager Cody Cooper said the proposal would encompass up to 650 megawatts of photovoltaic solar generation paired with a 400-megawatt battery energy storage system on roughly 3,700 acres about 10 miles north of Snowflake.
"The development agreement met or exceeded the requirements of the Navajo County Zoning Ordinance,"…
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