…by Hugh Kenny/PEC Dramatic increase in energy generation and transmission proposals: PEC supports shifting away from fossil fuels toward wind, solar and other renewable energy sources to meet electricity demand…
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Week Ahead for April 3, 2023: Large solar project to go before Albemarle Supervisors; Charlottesville City Council to consider $5M grant to CRHA for Dogwood Properties
…collect revenue from future utility scale solar projects. Fluvanna can either levy a machinery and tools tax on capital investments in solar projects, or they could institute a revenue sharing…
General Assembly Snapshot: 2025
…of utility-scale solar to meet Virginia’s energy goals bad residential and utility-scale solar development projects have led to bans or severe restrictions at the local level What we support legislative…
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for January 13, 2025
…mentioning in the final week before the second Trump Administration truly begins. Albemarle County authorized utility-scale solar uses in 2017 and this week the Planning Commission will hold a public…
The Value of Solar Report
Committed to advancing Virginia’s clean energy future, PEC commissioned Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors to study and calculate the actual value of distributed solar generation to every Virginian — factoring in the…
Solarize Piedmont
…rooftop solar or ground-mounted solar. Ground-mounted systems typically cost more. On average, a rooftop solar system costs between $17,000 – $30,000 after incentives. Your solar installer can walk you through different…
On the Ground Updates – December 2020
…allow utility-scale solar via conditional use permit, limiting applications to 300 acres. PEC is concerned that the proposed district could result in the rezoning of agricultural land. Greenwood Solar’s conditional…
Week Ahead for June 27, 2022: Albemarle to host info meeting for 138 megawatt solar facility; Greene Supervisors to take up 144-unit glamping resort
…meeting for major solar project in Albemarle Hexagon Energy is proposing a utility-scale solar facility across nine parcels of land in the Scottsville District totaling 2,259 acres with panels on 650…
Week Ahead for February 27, 2023: Albemarle Supervisors to hold public hearing on $551.5M budget; Council and PC to give direction on Charlottesville at work session
…solar projects. This is from the Berkley Group which is also working with Albemarle on their new zoning code. The Albemarle PC will also consider two requests to eliminate or…
Week Ahead for March 20, 2023: New hotel planned on West Main; Regional bodies to get update on how to better run the buses; housing summit on Friday
…by the city, and the other is an appeal of a BAR denial of solar panels for a downtown church. Yes, Charlottesville, another new hotel is proposed for West Main…