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Planning Commission recommends Huntington Creek solar application be forwarded amid countywide ordinance discussion
Summary
The Emery County Planning & Zoning Commission accepted the preliminary Huntington Creek Solar Project application for review and recommended it be forwarded to the County Commission. Commissioners discussed setbacks, environmental studies, transmission coordination, and disclosed two members own property in the project area.
The Emery County Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed a preliminary application for the Huntington Creek Solar Project on March 11, recommending by consensus that county staff forward the Level 3 Conditional Use Permit application to the Emery County Commission for final consideration.
Whitney Rubin, presenting remotely for the project, described a two-phase development comprising 240 megawatts of solar generation and 100 megawatts of battery storage. She said the proposal involves about 3,400 acres leased, roughly 2,200 acres of expected disturbance and an estimated 1,700-acre solar array footprint, and that the project would…
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