Macon Twp., Lenawee County – The Macon Township Board of Trustees voted 3-2 Monday night to approve a special land use permit for a solar farm.
The outdoor meeting drew-in a crowd of easily over 100 people to the Macon Twp. Hall. The public comment section that took place prior to the vote brought out arguments from both sides of the fence. The farm will be constructed by Mustang Mile LLC, with ownership to be turned over to Consumers Energy.
The campus covers over 1,000 acres of agricultural-zoned land (per documents on the township website, around 300 of those acres will be used for actual solar panels).
Macon Twp., Lenawee County – A solar farm will be constructed in Macon Township, and will be owned and operated by Consumers Energy… providing power for thousands of homes statewide.
Dennis Dobbs, Vice President of Enterprise Project Management and Environmental Services for Consumers, talked about the extent of the solar farm project in the northeastern part of Lenawee County…