The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection rejected the stormwater management plan for Candlewood Solar’s project on Candlewood Mountain under the general permit. The department is also now requiring any new plan be submitted under the stricter individual permit, fulfilling the town’s request from earlier this year. The project calls for Candlewood Solar’s parent company, Ameresco, to install and operate about 60,000 solar panels on Candlewood Mountain to generate 20 megawatts of power. DEEP’s approval is the last step before the project can be built. The Connecticut Siting Council approved the project in December 2017 and the management plan last June, just three months after DEEP rejected the initial stormwater management plan because it didn’t meet the permit requirements.
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