“Residents are adamant that a developer’s application seeking a variance to construct a community solar project in a residential zone must be rejected.
Amp Solar Development is seeking a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals to construct a 5-megawatt community solar project on “abandoned” farmland at 260 Truax Road. The project would cover approximately 25 acres out of the existing 58.4-acre parcel.
Amp Director of Development Terence Rasmussen on Wednesday argued the variance should be granted in part because project planning had been ongoing for two years before the Town Board implemented a moratorium on new solar projects last spring to revise related regulations.
“We started this project in 2019 when we acquired an interest in the land, we started interconnection studies in 2020 and were preparing our application to the town in March of 2021 when the moratorium was put in place,” Rasmussen said.”
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Onyon, Ashley. Schenectady Daily Gazette 9 February 2022.