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The Pulaski County Advisory Plan Commission (APC) had recently recommended a 12 month moratorium on commercial solar energy systems (CSES) with a 6-0 vote. However, on Monday, May 4, the commissioners voted down the moratorium request with a 2-1 vote. The county currently has moratoriums on data...
Many items were covered in the four hour Pulaski County Commissioners meeting on Monday, April 6. One of these items included extending Pulaski County's Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) moratorium for another six months. The initial Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) moratorium was briefly...
The temperature turned up at a routine Pulaski County Commissioners meeting on March 2, as residents voiced their opinions on solar projects and expressed feelings of being unheard by their local government. The conversation started with Commissioner Jennifer Knebel's presentation on county solar...
A trespassing concern was brought to both the Pulaski County Commissioners and the Pulaski County Council on Jan. 5 and Jan. 12. At the Jan. 5 commissioners meeting, Sherry Fagner, of Winamac, stated that for the second documented time solar employees have trespassed on a property owned by her...
The Pulaski County Commissioners reviewed and ultimately approved the resolution to authorize the execution of the Mammoth Grazing Lands and Pastures economic development agreement (EDA) on Dec. 15. The requested tax abatement for the project was approved by the county council on Dec. 1. Attorney...
Indiana Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources Suzanne Jaworowski visited Pulaski County on October 8 to take a tour of the Mammoth Solar construction sites and attend a private luncheon at Meadow Springs Manor in Francesville to hear residents' concerns regarding renewable energy in Indiana....
The meeting room at the Pulaski County Courthouse was packed for the public hearing on a confirmatory resolution for a tax abatement on the proposed Mammoth Grazing Lands and Pastures Project. The hearing was held on the evening of Oct. 7. Pulaski County Community Development Commission (CDC)...
On Tuesday, Sept 23, Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) representatives, local officials and town employees gathered for a short program, ribbon cutting ceremony and a tour of the Winamac Solar Park. This solar park, located at 1340 E. SR 14, along with other solar facilities in Indiana,...
The Pulaski County Council heard a proposal for a new project from Doral Renewables, the parent company of Mammoth Solar, during a regular meeting on Monday, July 14. Director of Development with Doral Renewables Michelle Frees gave the presentation, accompanied by Attorney Chris Shelmon and Senior...
Several solar related matters were brought up and debated during a regular Pulaski County Commissioners meeting on Monday, July 7. During discussion, Commissioner Jenny Knebel stated she had some items she wanted to address. One of the first items being a matter she brought up at the June 16...