‘Go somewhere else’: Yutan residents grow frustrated with solar farm developers
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OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Not in my backyard — that’s what Yutan residents told representatives of Community Energy, an out-of-state developer hoping to build a solar farm in their town.
During a two-hour public meeting, the pair of developers, Noah Eckert and Page Bolin described the utility farm’s 500-acre location would be located between County Road 7 on the west, the railroad tracks on the east, and between county roads J and L.
Solar energy is a cleaner source of power that an OPPD representative, also at the meeting, said would benefit all of the Southwest Power Pool. It would also help the company achieve its goal of offering customers resilient, reliable service.