Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
MASSENA -- After a hearing that drew no public comment, the Town Council passed a six-month solar farm moratorium. Town attorney Eric Gustafson said the temporary ban includes an exclusion for …
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MASSENA -- After a hearing that drew no public comment, the Town Council passed a six-month solar farm moratorium.
Town attorney Eric Gustafson said the temporary ban includes an exclusion for small-scale operations, and is only designed to give the town time to draft code to govern solar farms.
"We can easily put together a moratorium in the six month time frame," he said.
Gustafson said there is a "public involvement plan" for a solar operation filed with the Public Service Commission that involves the towns of Brasher, Norfolk and Massena. PSC and a generation siting board regulate solar farming in New York state, but "will give deference to the local law."
"The projects we're talking about are in their preliminary stages," the town attorney told the board.
