North of Sunnyside Elementary on the Florida Mesa, a pump jack bobs in mechanical rhythm. The army green infrastructure is a jarring juxtaposition to a clean, navy blue array of solar panels protrudin.
Residents who live adjacent to the site where La Plata Electric Association plans to build a 9-acre “community solar garden” are objecting to the development.
Homeowners say the project could impact .
The La Plata Electric Association has submitted an application to La Plata County to develop a 9-acre “community solar garden,” as the utility is calling it, along U.S. Highway 550 south of Durango.
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