DOCKET NO. 522 – Stafford Solar One, LLC application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a 4.0-megawatt-AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility and associated equipment located at 92 Upper Road, Stafford, Connecticut and associated electrical interconnection.

APPLICATION (recd. 05/24/24)
Application
Bulk
Town of Stafford Zoning Regulations
Town of Stafford Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations
Town of Stafford Plan of Conservation and Development
Technical Report

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Municipal Participation Fund Letter to the State Treasurer, 05/28/24
Council's Acknowledgement of the Department of Agriculture's Request for Party Status, 06/13/24
Council's Completeness Review, 06/20/2024
Council's Decision on the Department of Agriculture's Request for Party Status, 06/21/24
Council Interrogatories to the Applicant, Set One, 07/17/24
Council Interrogatories to the Department of Agriculture, Set One, 07/17/24
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 10/10/24

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS
Stafford Conservation Commission, 09/20/2024

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, 05/20/24
Council on Environmental Quality, 06/27/24

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

 

HEARING INFORMATION
August 22, 2024 Hearing Documents, 06/21/24
1.  Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2.  Public Hearing Notice
3.  Hearing Program 
4.  Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and 
5.  Proposed Facility Site Plan 
Hearing Procedures and Pre-Hearing Conference Memorandum, 07/24/24
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording (Passcode:   $i6*=K@F  )

 

Schedule
Schedule, 05/24/24
Schedule, 06/20/2024
Schedule, 07/17/24

 

Service List
Service List, 05/24/24
Service List, 06/20/24

 

Hearing Program
Hearing Program, 08/22/24

 

Transcripts
Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 08/22/24
Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 08/22/24
Council Transcript Memorandum, 09/03/24

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

Applicant - Stafford Solar One, LLC (SSO)

Exhibits
SSO Responses to Council Interrogatories, 08/07/24
SSO Sign Posting Affidavit, 8/11/24
State Historic Preservation Office Determination, 05/31/24
SSO Redacted Lease Agreement, 09/23/24
SSO Signed Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms


Procedural Correspondence
SSO Pre-Hearing Submission
Administrative Notice Items:
  >Agrivoltaics: Solar and Agriculture Co-Location
  >Integrating Solar Energy with Agriculture: Industry Perspectives on the Market, Community, and Socio-political Dimensions of Agrivoltaics,
  >Large-Scale Ohio Research Project to Explore How Solar and Farming can Co-exist
  >Surface Pressure: U.S. Losing Farmland at Alarming Rate

 

Motions and Objections
SSO Motion for Protective Order, 09/23/24

 

Party - Department of Agriculture (DOAG) 

Exhibits
DOAG Request for Party Status, 06/12/24
DOAG December 2023 Guidance for Solar Development on Prime Farmland Correspondence, received 07/12/24
DOAG Responses to Council Interrogatories, Set One, 08/07/24


 

Procedural Correspondence
DOAG Notice of Appearance, 06/12/24
DOAG Pre-Hearing Submission, 08/16/24

 

Motions and Objections

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT
Council's Draft Findings of Fact, 10/24/24
DOAG Correspondence and Council Response, 11/05/24

 

FINAL DECISION
Council's Final Decision Documents, 11/08/24