Commission establishes 5,000-acre cap for utility-scale solar and changes code language to 'utility-scale'
At the June 17 workshop the commission voted to replace 'commercial' with 'utility-scale' in the draft code for development standards and to set a 5,000-acre maximum for utility-scale solar in the county; commissioners said community-scale projects would be treated differently.
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The Whitman County Planning Commission moved and voted on June 17 to reframe parts of the draft solar code to focus regulatory limits on "utility-scale" systems and to cap the total acreage available to such projects at 5,000 acres.
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