The NoCo Herald

Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado

Chalk Bluffs Wind and Solar Facilities

A wind facility generating 380 megawatts and two solar facilities generating 425 megawatts, with substations, battery storage and transmission lines, on 25,200 acres.

Under reviewState interest facility · SIF26-000268300 E 25 Frontage Rd, Carr

For
Energy
Acres
25,200
Where it is in Weld County, and close up. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

Where it stands

  1. Aug. 4Heard by the Weld County Planning Commission
  2. Sept. 9Heard by the Weld County Board of County Commissioners
  3. Sept. 28Taken up by the Weld County Board of County Commissioners
  4. Oct. 2Under review when the Herald began following itUnder Review
  5. Oct. 12Taken up by the Weld County Board of County CommissionersPostponed (carried).
  6. Oct. 14Taken up by the Weld County Board of County CommissionersPostponed (carried).

What it says

A State Interest Facility for a 1041 Major Facility of a Public Utility for a Wind Energy Facility (WEF) generating 380 megawatts (MWAC) , two (2) Solar Energy Facilities (SEF) generating 425 megawatts (MWDC), two (2) substations, two (2) Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), a 10.8 miles of 115 kV transmission line, and 15.9 miles of 230 kV transmission line, outside of subdivisions and historic townsites in the A (Agricultural) Zone District.

In Weld County's words and the applicant's, as filed.

The site

Type of use
Solar Energy Facility

What the agencies said48

The county sends a case to the agencies it touches. Each one's response, as the county records it:

AgencyResponseDate
Building Inspection—
Development Review—
Emergency Management Office—
Flood Plain—
OGEDComments with ConditionsApril 28
Public Safety Wireless Communications Manager—
Sheriffs Office—
CDOT—
CDPHE—
Division of Water Resources—
Div of Wildlife - Solar Projects—
Colorado Fish & Wildlife Conservation—
Colorado Public Utilities Commission—
Department of Labor and Employment—
Colorado Bureau of Land Management—
OSHA—
Federal Aviation Admin—
WAPA—
U.S. Forest Service (Pawnee Grasslands)—
US Army Corps of EngrsNo Response
US Fish and Wildlife Service—
Laramie, WY—
Larimer—
Pawnee F-22—
Nunn F-12—
School District RE-9—
School District RE-12—
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC—
Williams Telecommunications Company—
City of Fort Collins—
Trailblazer Pipeline Company—
Clear Creek Resource Partners Holdings LLC—
1200 17TH ST STE 900 DENVER CO 80202—
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP—
ATMOST ENERGY—
COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS—
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD—
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD—
XCEL ENERGY—
UNITED POWER—
PLATTE RIVER POWER AUTHORITY—
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION—
WARREN AIR FORCE BASE—
TRI-STATE GENERATION & TRANSMISSION—
SINCLAIR PIPELINE—
POUDRE VALLEY REA—
WILLIAMS (OVERLAND PASS)—
Greeley Conservation District—

In the Herald1

The case's record at Weld County. A proposal is a plan filed for review, and it may change or be withdrawn before anything is built.