Board presses applicant on interconnection: why poles, not pads?
Board members and residents pressed Rick Energy about why interconnection equipment would be pole-mounted rather than pad-mounted; company reps said some equipment cannot be buried and utilities may treat a switch to pad-mounted equipment as a material change requiring re-study.
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Board members raised detailed technical questions about the proposed electrical interconnection and the appearance and placement of poles and equipment. A company technical representative said some interconnection devices "cannot be put underground" because they require utility access and monitoring, and that the project has shown underground wiring where code requires it; the aboveground devices could be pole- or pad-mounted.
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