Docket No. 526 - Greenskies Clean Energy, LLC, Stonington, CT

DOCKET NO. 526 – Greenskies Clean Energy, LLC application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a 4.999-megawatt-AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility and associated equipment located at Lantern Hill Road (Parcel No. 169-1-4), Stonington, Connecticut and associated electrical interconnection.

 

APPLICATION (recd. 9/27/24)

• Narrative, 09/27/24

List of Figures

• Figure 1 – Site Location Map
• Figure 2 – Proposed Project Area Aerial
• Figure 3 – Zoning Map
• Figure 4 – Tax Parcel Map
• Figure 5 – Site Survey
• Figure 6 – Proposed Project Layout
• Figure 7 – Farmland Soils Map
• Figure 8 – Wetlands Delineation Map
• Figure 9 – Core Forest Map
• Figure 10 – Aquifer Protection Area Map
• Figure 11 – Public Water Supply Watershed Map
• Figure 12 – Groundwater Quality Classification Map
• Figure 13 – NRCS Soils Map

List of Appendices

• Appendix A – Permit Plan/Drawing Set
• Appendix B – Equipment Specifications
• Appendix C – Operation & Maintenance Documentation
• Appendix D – Draft Decommissioning Plan
• Appendix E – Stormwater Report
• Appendix F – Cultural Resource Assessment Documentation
• Appendix G – Wetlands Delineation Report & Vernal Pool Habitat Study
• Appendix H – Wildlife and Habitat Review Documentation
• Appendix I – Visual Impact Assessment
• Appendix J – FAA Consultation
• Appendix K – Whitford Brook Flood Analysis
• Appendix L – Core Forest Consultation 
• Appendix M – Electrical Plan
• Appendix N – EMF Study
• Appendix O – Noise Study
• Appendix P – Agricultural Plan
• Appendix Q – Public Outreach Documentation

Bulk Filings

• Town of Stonington Zoning Regulations
• Town of Stonington Wetland Regulations
• Town of Stonington Plan of Conservation and Development
• Technical Report to the Town of Stonington and Ledyard, 07/29/24

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE

• Municipal Participation Fund Letter, 09/30/24
• Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 10/24/24
• Council Interrogatories to Applicant, Set One, 11/15/24
• Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order - Response to Council Interrogatory No. 17 - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 12/13/24
• Council Close of Record Memorandum, 12/13/24

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS

• Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 07/08/24
• Council on Environmental Quality, 11/20/24
• Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 12/05/2024

 

HEARING INFORMATION

• December 12, 2024 Hearing Documents, 10/25/24

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, 11/06/24
• Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording (Passcode:      rmwbBg1%   )

 

Schedule

• Schedule, 10/11/24
• Schedule, 10/24/24
• Schedule, 10/25/24
• Schedule, 11/15/24
• Schedule, 12/12/24
• Schedule, 01/17/25

 

Service List

• Service List, 09/30/24

 

Hearing Program

• Hearing Program, 12/12/24

 

Transcripts

• Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 12/12/24
• Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 12/12/24
• Council Transcript Memorandum, 12/31/24

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

Applicant - Greenskies Clean Energy, LLC
Exhibits

• Applicant's Sign-Posting Affidavit, 12/05/24
• Applicant's Responses to Council Interrogatories, 12/05/24
• Signed Protective Order - Response to Council Interrogatory No. 17 - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 12/12/24

 

Procedural Correspondence

• Applicant's Motion for Protective Order - Response to Council Interrogatory No. 17 - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 12/05/24
• Applicant's Pre-Hearing Submission - Witness List, 12/09/24

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

• Council's Draft Finding of Fact Comment Memorandum, 01/23/25

 

FINAL DECISION

• Council's Final Decision Documents, 02/07/25

 

DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN

• Development and Management Plan, 03/06/26
• Exhibit A - Storm Water Permit Approval
• Exhibit B - Civil IFC Plan Set
• Exhibit C - Site Construction Plan
• Exhibit D - Spotted Turtle Protection Plan
• Exhibit E - Spill Prevention Controls and Countermeasure Plan
• Exhibit F - Racking Plans and Structural Calculations
• D&M Plan Schedule, 03/09/26
• Council D&M Plan Decision and Staff Report, 04/17/26
• D&M Plan Condition No. 1 and D&O Condition No. 7 Compliance Submission and Council Acknowledgement, 04/23/26
• D&M Plan Condition No. 4 Submission, 05/04/26
• Council Acknowledgement of D&M Plan Condition No. 4 Submission, 05/07/26
• Construction Progress Report for May 2026, 05/27/26
• Construction Progress Report for June 2026, 07/01/26