SHAFTSBURY – The Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC) has awarded the proposed Shaftsbury Solar Project a Certificate of Public Good.

The three-member board issued the decision on Sept. 15.

The 20.0 MW solar electric generation facility is proposed to be built off of Holy Smoke Road in Shaftsbury. The project site is located on approximately 80 acres over four separate parcels. The four parcels of land consist of about 182 acres.

The developer is VT Real Estate Holdings 1 LLC, doing business as Shaftsbury Solar, a Delaware limited liability company with principal offices in Stamford, Connecticut.

The PUC acknowledged the large scale of the controversial project in its final order.

“After completing a careful and deliberate review of the record in this case and the parties’ respecti

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