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Residents press commissioners for focused work sessions on solar, batteries and data centers
Summary
At the Sept. 1 meeting, residents urged commissioners to schedule dedicated sessions on solar installations, battery storage and data centers; commissioners said solar is unlikely in residential areas and that data centers generally belong in industrial zones.
Becky Willard, who spoke during the public-comment period, asked the commission: "Can we request another study session to get to the solar and the data and bio storage and all that?" Commissioners agreed to arrange further work sessions and to accept written materials Becky offered to provide.
Commissioners described where different types of energy projects would likely fit in the county. One commissioner stated that "solar is not... not a fit in the county, but we know the fit is not in a residential area," and another said a data center "only fits, if it fits at all, in an industrial setting" because of requirements such as water, electric and fiber. The commission signaled that the zoning book revisions will address those distinctions and that energy topics will be scheduled for future work sessions on Sept. 8 and related meetings.
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