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Christina Benjamin urges Wayne County to verify studies behind Pepper Hammock solar proposal
Summary
At the board's April 6 meeting, public commenter Christina Benjamin said several studies the developer claimed to have completed for the Pepper Hammock solar and storage project are not maintained by the county and urged officials to confirm the developer's claims before proceeding.
Christina Benjamin, introduced by the chair as representing the Pepper Hammock Project, told the Wayne County Board of Commissioners on April 6 that she is concerned the developer’s presentation overstated the status of environmental and technical studies for a proposed solar-and-energy-storage facility.
Benjamin said the company named in the developer slide deck (the transcript alternately spells it “Bridal Knight” and “Bright Knight”) presented a slide listing 14 studies and told the commission “all of these studies have been completed to date with no detrimental findings at all.” Benjamin said her open‑records requests to the…
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