Docket No 526

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

 

Service List
Service List, 09/30/24

 

Hearing Program
Hearing Program, 12/12/24

 

Transcripts

 

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

 

Motions and Objections

 

Post-Hearing Brief and Draft Findings of Fact