The Connecticut Siting Council has approved a contentious $3.75 million solar facility planned for Town Farm Road after months of resistance from both residents and local officials. Avon-based Lodestar Energy filed a petition in February for a 4,702-panel, 1.93-megawatt solar photovoltaic electric-generating facility on 12.1 acres of unused farmland at 141 Town Farm Road in Enfield. The proposed facility lands exclusively in the Siting Council’s jurisdiction per state statute, a sticking point among elected officials in Enfield and beyond. Members of the Siting Council voted 5-1 on Oct. 24 to accept a decision and order to issue a declaratory ruling on Lodestar Energy’s petition, allowing the project to move forward. Bill Syme, the lone dissenter, said that he still took issue with the loss of “prime farmland” from the construction and how close the facility would sit to residential properties.
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