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The Pulaski County Commissioners received a progress report on solar from VS Engineering and voted on various language items during a regular meeting on March 3. Ginny Munroe and Timothy Hollandsworth of VS Engineering were present at the meeting to present the report to the board. So far, Munroe...
Two preliminary resolutions pertaining to Mammoth Solar were presented to the Pulaski County Council on Monday, Feb. 10 for their consideration. They were Resolutions 2025-05 and 2025-06, both preliminary resolutions for Economic Revitalization Area (ERA) designations. Resolution 05 is for...
The Advisory Plan Commission (APC) recommendation for an 18 month moratorium on Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), Ordinance 2025-04, was denied by the Pulaski County Commissioners during a regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Pulaski County Building Inspector and Plan Administrator Karla...
A very well-attended county commissioners meeting on February 3 gave way to many public comments regarding a range of hot topics such as industrial solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), carbon capture and storage (CCS) and data centers. First, prior to public comment, commissioner Jenny...
The Pulaski County Commissioners discussed potential moratoriums on Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), data centers and industrial solar at a regular meeting on Jan. 6. Commissioner Jenny Knebel opened up the conversation with reading a comment called Property...
The Pulaski County Commissioners approved the compliance monitoring service agreement with VS Engineering during a regular meeting on Dec. 16. County attorney Kevin Tankersley explained that the county currently has four solar projects that are tentatively scheduled to start construction in 2025...
County attorney Kevin Tankersley introduced two solar resolutions to the county council for their approval during a regular meeting on Monday, Dec. 9. Back in October, president Ken Boswell had suggested that the council start to consider where they would like to place the income from each project...
Both the county commissioners and the county council approved the amendments to the Mammoth Solar and Moss Creek Solar economic development agreements during a regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 12. MacKenzie Pierie was present at the meeting to represent the Moss Creek Solar Project. She explained...
An adjustment to the Moss Creek Solar road use agreement was approved during a regular Pulaski County Commissioners meeting on Monday, June 3. County attorney Kevin Tankersley said that Moss Creek Solar, a Nextera Energy project, ran into a "bad habitat" that they wanted to work around. They...
Two separate documents for Bottlebrush Solar, a drainage agreement and a road agreement, were approved last Monday by the Pulaski County Drainage Board and the Pulaski County Commissioners, which are made up of the same members. Bottlebrush Solar is a project of Invenergy LLC and is proposed to be...