Connecticut Siting Council

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Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory/Long Island Sound Blue Plan Survey

PETITION NO. 1557 – LSE Hercules LLC (Lodestar Energy) (NJR Clean Energy Ventures III Corporation) petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 4-megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility located at 99, 105 and 113 Raffia Road, Enfield, Connecticut, and associated electrical interconnection.

PETITION (recd. 01/06/23)
Petition Cover Letter, 01/05/23
Petition Narrative, 01/05/23
Exhibit List
1. Site Plans
2. Equipment Specifications
3. Operations and Maintenance Plan
4. Decommissioning Plan
5. Service List - Abutters Notification
6. Service List - Agencies and Officials
7. Environmental Assessment
a. Noise Analysis (Exhibit E in Environmental Assessment)
b. FAA Determination of No Hazard (Exhibit F in Environmental Assessment)
8. Carbon Debt Analysis

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to Town of Enfield, 01/09/23
Council State Agency Comment Memorandum, 01/09/23
Council Response to Town of Enfield Planning and Zoning Commission and Department's Request for Extension of Comment Period, 02/03/23
Council's Set Date for Decision, 02/16/23
Council Interrogatories to Petitioner, Set One, 03/03/23

 

CGS §16-50k CORE FOREST AND PRIME FARMLAND DETERMINATIONS
Department of Energy and Environment Protection C.G.S. §16-50k No Material Impact to Core Forest Determination Letter, 11/18/22
Department of Agriculture C.G.S. §16-50k No Material Impact to Prime Farmland Determination Letter, 12/13/22

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 02/03/23

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS
Town of Enfield Department of Planning Comments, 01/18/23
Town of Enfield Planning and Zoning Commission and Department Request for Extension of Comment Period, 02/01/23
Town of Enfield Department of Planning Comments, 02/22/23

 

SCHEDULE
Schedule, 01/09/23
Schedule, 02/03/23
Schedule, 02/16/23
Schedule, 03/06/23

 

SERVICE LIST
Service List, 01/09/23
Service List, 03/14/24

 

PETITIONER - LSE Hercules LLC (LSE)
LSE Supplemental Filing, 03/01/23
LSE Responses to Council Interrogatories, Set One, 03/23/23

 

DECISION
Council Decision and Staff Report, 04/14/23
Submission on Condition No. 5 and Council Acknowledgement, 05/10/23
Transfer of Declaratory Ruling and Council Acknowledgement, 03/14/24
Request for Project Changes and Council Decision, 03/14/24
Submission of Council's Decision Condition Nos. 3 and 7 and Council Acknowledgement, 03/26/24
Submission of Council's Decision Condition Nos. 2 and 5 and Council Acknowledgement, 04/16/24