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Resident warns Lake County general plan may need explicit energy policy, raises geothermal conflict concerns
Lake County Board of Supervisors · April 8, 2026
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Summary
A resident urged the county to add an energy policy to the general plan to preserve local controls over setbacks, noise, water use and fracking, and alleged a conflict of interest involving an ad hoc committee member with ties to Sonoma Clean Power and geothermal development.
A speaker at public comment warned that the county’s general plan — described by the speaker as the county's governing planning document — should include an explicit energy policy to preserve local authority over issues such as setbacks,…
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