On Sullivan Planning Board, Platner Voted to Pump the Brakes on Solar - Inside Climate News
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The Democratic Senate candidate from Maine voted to pursue a moratorium on all but rooftop solar projects while the town developed permitting rules. He says that’s compatible with his calls for energy-permitting reform.

The Democratic Senate candidate from Maine voted to pursue a moratorium on all but rooftop solar projects while the town developed permitting rules. He says that’s compatible with his calls for energy-permitting reform.

  • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days ago

    I think this is an irresponsible headline. If you actually read the article, it says the town does not currently have anyone trying to develop utility-scale solar. The moratorium, therefore, is not actually pumping the brakes on any solar projects.

    Towns need rules on these things, and as long as the moratorium isnt an indefinite pause, and they are actually working on coming up with rules, I think it’s the responsible thing to do.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      21·
      2 days ago

      It is indeed an indefinite pause. Having something like that generally results on no projects being proposed

      • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        You got me curious, and the plot thickens.

        In September 2024, they voted “to pursue steps for a moratorium on solar development within the town except for roof mounted solar”

        They never did actually create a moratorium, they just voted saying that they wanted to. I actually checked the ordinances, and no such ordinance exists. The latest town meeting minutes actually say they are still working on it.

        Basically, this whole article is stretching the truth, and I would expect a journalist to look up the ordinance if they are going to claim it exists.