PETITION NO. 1310 - Quinebaug Solar, LLC petition for a declaratory ruling that no Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need is required for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 50 megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility on approximately 561 acres comprised of 29 separate and abutting privately-owned parcels located generally north of Wauregan Road in Canterbury and south of Rukstela Road and Allen Hill Road in Brooklyn, Connecticut.
PETITION
Petition Filing Received, June 15, 2017
PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
- Council Letter to the Town of Canterbury, 6/16/2017
- Council Letter to the Town of Brooklyn, 6/16/2017
- Council Letter to the Town of Plainfield, 6/16/2017
- Connecticut State Agencies Comment Memo, 6/26/2017
- Service List, 7/12/2017
- Council Response to Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Request for Extension of Time to Submit Comments, 07/18/17
- Completeness Review, 07/20/17
- Council Interrogatories to Petitioner, Set One, 8/1/2017
- Field Review Notice, 9/8/2017
- Council Memorandum Regarding Decision on Status Request and Continuation of Evidentiary Hearing, 09/20/17
- Council Interrogatories to Petitioner, Set Two, 09/26/2017
- Council's Decision on Quinebaug Solar LLC's November 7, 2017 Supplemental Filing, 11/13/2017
STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
- Comments from the State of Connecticut Department of Agriculture, 07/17/17
- Petitioner's Response to the Department of Agriculture Comments, 08/01/17
- Comments from the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation, 09/5/17
- Comments from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 09/15/17
MUNICIPAL CORRESPONDENCE
- Town of Canterbury First Selectman Letter of Support, 6/19/2017
- Council Acknowledgement of Canterbury First Selectman's Letter, 6/21/2017
- Town of Brooklyn Planning & Zoning Commission Comments with Council Acknowledgement, 9/26/2017
- Town of Brooklyn Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission Comments with Council Acknowledgement, 10/17/2017
PUBLIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS
HEARING INFORMATION
- Hearing Notice Package, 7/24/2017
- Pre-Hearing Conference Memo
- Proposed Hearing Procedure, 08/09/17
- Council's Administrative Notice, 08/09/17
Schedule
Service List
Hearing Programs
Transcripts
- Evidentiary Hearing Session Transcript, 09/19/17
- Public Comment Session Transcript, 09/19/17
- Transcript Receipt Memorandum, 10/10/17
- Evidentiary Hearing Transcript, 10/17/17
- Transcript Receipt Memorandum, 10/26/17
PARTIES AND INTERVENORS
PETITIONER - Quinebaug Solar LLC
Exhibits
- Petitioner's Responses to CSC Interrogatories, Set One, 8/22/2017
- Petitioner's Signs and Viewing Routes, 8/28/2017
- Petitioner's Responses to CSC Interrogatories, Set Two, 10/10/17
- -Attachment CSC-80 - FEMA Figure
- -Attachment CSC-82 - Life-Cycle GHG Assessment
- -Attachment CSC-85 - Quinebaug Solar Forward Capacity Correspondence
- -Attachment CSC-103 - Vernal Pool BDP Analysis
- -Attachment CSC-106 - CT Geology Figure
- -Attachment CSC-108 - Hinckley Soils
Correspondence
- Petitioner's Witness List, 09/12/17
- Petitioner's Administrative Notice List, 09/18/17
- Petitioner's Additional Witnesses List, 10/16/17
- Petitioner's Supplemental Filing, 11/7/17
- Service List Change, 09/24/21
Motions and Objections
Post Hearing Briefs and Draft Findings of Fact
PARTY - Troy and Meghan Sposato
- Troy and Meghan Sposato Request for Party Status, 09/07/17
- Council Acknowledgement of Sposato Request, 09/08/17
COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT
- Council's Draft Findings of Fact, 11/13/17
- Petitioner's Comments on CSC Draft Findings of Fact, 11/27/2017
- Petitioner's Additional Comment on CSC Draft Findings of Fact, 11/28/2017
FINAL DECISION
QUINEBAUG SOLAR, LLC MOTION TO REOPEN AND MODIFY THE DECISION IN PETITION NO. 1310 DUE TO CHANGED CONDITIONS
- Quinebaug Solar, LLC Motion to Reopen Cover Letter, 11/12/19
- Quinebaug Solar, LLC Motion to Reopen, 11/12/19
- Quinebaug Solar, LLC Pre-filed Testimony, 11/12/19
- Quinebaug Solar, LLC Petition, 11/12/19
- Quinebaug Solar, LLC Motion for Protective Order, Protective Order and D. George Affidavit, 11/12/19
- Council Motion to Reopen Request for Comments Memorandum, 11/13/19
- Service List Change Letter, 11/13/19
- Service List, 11/14/19
- Quinebaug Solar, LLC Phase 1B Cultural Resources Report, Volume I (Exhibit Q), 12/4/19