Solar Project Approved in Schoharie County

The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment granted approval to East Point Energy Center, LLC to build and operate a 50 megawatt solar farm in the Town of Sharon in Schoharie County. According to the Times Journal the NextEra project was first proposed 3 years ago and is the first solar project approved under Article 10, which removes large-scale solar from local review and instead puts it in the hands of the state.