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Landowners and nearby residents push for clearer outreach, compensation details and visible decommissioning plan
Summary
Several nearby landowners told Morning Sky Power they received little direct outreach, questioned compensation and asked for the decommissioning plan; developers said some parcels are leased to other projects, acknowledged outreach oversights and said decommissioning plans are part of the public permit application.
Multiple attendees said they had either not received adequate direct communication or were surprised to find the project footprint included leased parcels. Donna Moranville said her parcel is leased to another developer (Shepherd/BayWa) and hosts a switching station both projects will use; she said she had received only the meeting notice. The developer apologized for the communication lapse and explained Tri-State requires a single switching station and that the switching station sits on the parcel she has leased to the other project.
Residents also asked how decommissioning would be handled if the developer failed or went out of business. "The decommissioning plan is required with our permit application…and so you will be able to see that once we have it in and once it's—that'll be a public record," a Morning Sky representative said. Developers committed to follow-up meetings with affected landowners and to provide permit and decommissioning materials as public documents.
The exchange illustrated tension between willing landowners who have leased acreage and neighbors who say they will live with visual and land-use impacts without direct financial benefit. The developer said participating landowners have exercised private property rights to lease their land and that the company will continue outreach to affected residents.
