Planning Commission workshop maps solar and BESS eligibility; consultants estimate about 20,000 eligible acres under draft rules
Staff and consultants presented a map exercise applying transmission proximity, road access and setback filters to show where community-scale solar and battery storage could be sited; the draft rules produced an estimate of roughly 20,000 suitable acres, prompting debate on rezoning versus overlay approaches.
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County planning staff and consultant Rachel Granrath presented a mapping exercise showing how draft siting criteria (proximity to transmission, setbacks from non-participating uses, road access and visual buffers from notable features) would limit the pool of eligible agricultural parcels for community-scale solar and battery energy storage (BESS).
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