Columbia County weighs how to add solar farm regulations to development code

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : "I hate to throw a monkey wrench into anybody's money-making plans," Slack said, "but I also do think this is something we're going to have to have - a full, considered package of solar regulations - at some point, and we may as well start doing it now since somebody is poking their head up and saying they're interested in doing it." Martin said in an interview that, in the long term, the county will need to draw up a more thorough development code that will encompass wind, solar, fuel cell, peaking power plants and other alternative energy sources.
41% : Garfield County put a moratorium in place on alternative energy projects while it crafted its own regulations.

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