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Palisade residents urge Mesa County to investigate unpermitted work, financial risk in local clean‑energy projects
Summary
Two Palisade residents told the Mesa County Board on March 31 that alleged unpermitted construction and industry insolvencies raise public‑safety and taxpayer risks, and they asked the board to review permitting compliance, enforcement and project financial solvency.
At the March 31 Mesa County Board of Commissioners meeting, Nina Hutchins of Palisade told the board she and neighbors are confronting what she described as unpermitted construction involving Xcel Energy and James Sterling and urged the county to investigate whether permitting rules have been applied equally.
"If our rules do not apply equally to all entities, they do not apply at all," Hutchins said, and requested "a full review of…
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