You may not realize that Amazon used to have panels on many of their bui’dings as did Walmart. They both are no longer doing so because of the many fire issues they have had.
I don't blame the county people too much for anything EXCEPT believing that the developers will say and do most ANYTHING to get their permits/leases.
Until grassroots groups like Protect OrangevVA and MANY others across the state started educating the Planning and Supervisors, they only had the "snake oil sphiels" to go by.
Another place to put blame is the General Assembly and the last two Governors. They created the horrid VCEA which has mandated this garbage, wanting VA to be just like CA (how's it working on the left coast?).
Utility scale solar doesn't work, is inefficient, degrade far faster than previously thought. The developers just want to break ground so they can collect their 30% "incentive." Hopefully, that is on the way out and once it's gone, the developers will be also. And GOOD RIDDENCE.
From all accounts this seems an issue that stems from a complete lack of planning and execution by both the county and Dominion Power.
Instead of attempting to litigate Dominion and it's shady contractors into paying for damages caused as a result of gross negligence and adjudication of responsibility by their contractor's subcontractors the county government officials and agencies involved should also be held mutually responsible for their lack of foresight and proper planning in the installation of solar generation facilities within the county.
A simple county building permit ordinance requirement created in collaboration with Dominion Power which would require any and all waterfront structures located on Lake Anna as well as the new Amazon Data Centers to pay for and install solar panels on their rooves would alleviate the need for the county to convert land from agricultural usage to that of solar generation "farms" thereby removing the issue of storm water runoff from such facilities.
Furthermore it seems as though the Commonwealth as a whole would benefit greatly from elected representatives in the respective legislative houses from examination and adjudication of the existing state statutes which govern the liability of contractor's responsibility for any work performed by subcontractors they employ to complete works done under the scope of their contracts with employers.
These kinds of legal loophole issues are what our elected representatives in both houses of the Commonwealth's legislative branches should be rectifying and amending rather than searching for new legislative bills to construct and pass through providing further hardships on citizens of the Commonwealth.
Had Dominion and the county agencies and boards explored with industry professionals the most reasonable and efficient way of institution of solar generation facilities within the county perhaps we would see the monstrous Lake Anna yacht club boathouse rooves covered in solar panels which would alleviate the issue of storm water runoff into county water systems from solar generation facilities construction on converted agricultural farmlands.
I guess that would just make too much common sense. I hope voters remember these shortcomings and lack of prudent planning in the coming November elections.
You may not realize that Amazon used to have panels on many of their bui’dings as did Walmart. They both are no longer doing so because of the many fire issues they have had.
I don't blame the county people too much for anything EXCEPT believing that the developers will say and do most ANYTHING to get their permits/leases.
Until grassroots groups like Protect OrangevVA and MANY others across the state started educating the Planning and Supervisors, they only had the "snake oil sphiels" to go by.
Another place to put blame is the General Assembly and the last two Governors. They created the horrid VCEA which has mandated this garbage, wanting VA to be just like CA (how's it working on the left coast?).
Utility scale solar doesn't work, is inefficient, degrade far faster than previously thought. The developers just want to break ground so they can collect their 30% "incentive." Hopefully, that is on the way out and once it's gone, the developers will be also. And GOOD RIDDENCE.
From all accounts this seems an issue that stems from a complete lack of planning and execution by both the county and Dominion Power.
Instead of attempting to litigate Dominion and it's shady contractors into paying for damages caused as a result of gross negligence and adjudication of responsibility by their contractor's subcontractors the county government officials and agencies involved should also be held mutually responsible for their lack of foresight and proper planning in the installation of solar generation facilities within the county.
A simple county building permit ordinance requirement created in collaboration with Dominion Power which would require any and all waterfront structures located on Lake Anna as well as the new Amazon Data Centers to pay for and install solar panels on their rooves would alleviate the need for the county to convert land from agricultural usage to that of solar generation "farms" thereby removing the issue of storm water runoff from such facilities.
Furthermore it seems as though the Commonwealth as a whole would benefit greatly from elected representatives in the respective legislative houses from examination and adjudication of the existing state statutes which govern the liability of contractor's responsibility for any work performed by subcontractors they employ to complete works done under the scope of their contracts with employers.
These kinds of legal loophole issues are what our elected representatives in both houses of the Commonwealth's legislative branches should be rectifying and amending rather than searching for new legislative bills to construct and pass through providing further hardships on citizens of the Commonwealth.
Had Dominion and the county agencies and boards explored with industry professionals the most reasonable and efficient way of institution of solar generation facilities within the county perhaps we would see the monstrous Lake Anna yacht club boathouse rooves covered in solar panels which would alleviate the issue of storm water runoff into county water systems from solar generation facilities construction on converted agricultural farmlands.
I guess that would just make too much common sense. I hope voters remember these shortcomings and lack of prudent planning in the coming November elections.