After years of discussion and research, a decision will be made at the next Harvey County Commission meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14, regarding renewable energy regulations in Harvey County. Karen Rothe, director of planning and zoning, presented the Harvey County Planning Commission’s recommended changes to the Commercial Renewable Energy Project Regulations. As expected, Rothe told commissioners that the recommendation by the planning commission is to ban commercial-grade wind and solar energy. The planning commission passed the regulations unanimously. She said the reason for regulations is so people can understand what the county’s expectations are on their projects, what they want to be identified when doing a project, and what needs to be involved in the conditional use permit. The planning commission felt that Harvey County was not suitable for commercial (utility scale) wind energy conversion systems or community scale wind energy systems. The planning commission’s recommendations listed the reasons for the decision.
Source: Harvey County Now
