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Developers defend Alabama solar project as committee weighs local control over solar farms
Summary
Senate Bill 358 (allowing Mobile and Baldwin counties local control over solar farm construction) drew industry testimony: Samuel Roar (Silver Ranch) argued for property-rights protections and Rob Riley (Silicon Ranch) said the project would be a roughly $350 million investment promising jobs and tax revenue; senators discussed an amendment and local oversight.
Senate Bill 358, a measure to give Mobile and Baldwin counties authority to regulate solar farm implementation and construction, was presented in committee and followed by industry testimony from project proponents.
Samuel Roar, director of policy and government affairs at Silver Ranch Corporation, told the committee the site under discussion is an industrial timber tract that has been harvested for decades and that the project would help restore soils…
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