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Pulaski County will be the site of the largest solar energy farm in Southwest Virginia and one of the largest on the East Coast.
On a 3-1 vote, the board of supervisors approved a special use permit that opens the way for Chicago-based Hecate Energy and its Virginia-based partner AgriSunPower to lease 2,700 acres of private farmland for the $400 Million project near the New River Valley Airport and NRV Commerce Park.
Supervisor Charles Bopp voted no, saying he opposed the project and felt bound to represent those residents who also oppose it.
Board Chairman Joseph Guthrie, who is among the many landowners who have agreed to lease farm land for the project, abstained. He had opened the meeting by reading a detailed statement defending the legality of participating in the decision process.
By Christopher Maidment
New Hampshire s GOP legislative majority got right to work after Organization Day, with the Fiscal Committee quickly approving a federal charter school expansion grant the day after the State Board of Education unanimously approved its first Learn Everywhere accredited program. Democrats had successfully blocked both these programs in the previous session, but the new GOP majority wasted no time getting them passed.
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Republicans plan to continue that momentum in January with a bill to establish education freedom accounts (EFAs). Similar bills narrowly failed in the 17- 18 biennium, during which the NHGOP had a larger majority than they do today.