A New Day at FERC!
For the first time ever, FERC seems sincere in wanting to improve its deeply flawed pipeline certification process
A mostly good session in Richmond for farmland protection and clean water
Several of the bills that we supported are on Governor Northam’s desk awaiting signature, and the budget ended up relatively strong for clean water and farmland protection programs, considering current fiscal constraints.
Round Hill Solar found not in ‘substantial accord’
The Augusta County Planning Commission voted 4-3 against recommending to the Board of Supervisors that the 880-acre, 83 megawatt energy system was in “substantial accord” with the county’s comprehensive plan.
Rockingham County Solar Committee formed and hard-at-work
The group has met several times to wrestle with the issues to consider for citing a good solar project AND balancing the interests of the county’s primary economies of agriculture and tourism.
Updates complete in Augusta County to consider solar energy
We commend Augusta County for the time and effort put into making sure solar projects in the county are well-sited and successful and that valuable natural resources and the quality of life of our communities are included in local planning efforts.
Tell Page Supervisors to stay the course with the solar ordinance!
We are very concerned that the carefully crafted protections in the ordinance may be removed and/or weakened.
2020: The Year in Solar
As we predicted back in 2019, the year 2020 saw a rising tide of utility-scale solar projects proposed in the...
Augusta County Considers Round Hill Solar Project
Strata Solar requests a special use permit for an 83 MW utility-scale solar facility 1.5 miles north of Stuarts Draft.
Disappointed by Lack of Action on Solar Ordinance
With more than 20 public comments* urging the Page County Board of Supervisors to pass the solar ordinance on Tuesday,...
Study Looks into Feasibility of Regional Agricultural Enterprise Center
The Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (CSPDC) is conducting a feasibility study for an Agricultural Enterprise Center in the central...