The NoCo Herald

Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado

Janus Solar Project

An 80-megawatt AC solar facility on 700 acres with 20-megawatt AC battery storage, a substation and electrical line connection.

ApprovedUse by special review · USR24-00121405 County Road 73, Roggen

For
Energy
Acres
700
Where it is in Weld County, and close up. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

Where it stands

  1. Oct. 1, 2024Heard by the Weld County Planning Commission
  2. Oct. 23, 2024Heard by the Weld County Board of County Commissioners
  3. Oct. 2Approved when the Herald began following itConditionally Approved

What it says

A Site Specific Development Plan and Use by Special Review Permit, for a 1041 Major Facility of a Public Utility, USR24-0012, including an 80 megawatt AC Solar Energy Facility (SEF) on 700 acres, a 20 megawatt AC BESS (Battery Energy Storage System), a step-up substation, transformer and maintenance facilities, and a 155kV electrical line connection to the existing Sand Creek Switching Station 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
1041 SEF

What the agencies said39

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

AgencyResponseDate
Ambulance ServicesNo Response
Building InspectionNo Response
Code ComplianceNo Response
Emergency Management OfficeComments with ConditionsSept. 9, 2024
Health DepartmentComments with ConditionsJuly 9, 2024
OGEDNo Response
Public WorksComments with ConditionsJuly 9, 2024
Sheriffs OfficeNo Concerns
Flood PlainComments with ConditionsJuly 1, 2024
CDOTComments with ConditionsJuly 18, 2024
Colorado Fish & Wildlife ConservationNo Response
CPW - SolarComments with ConditionsMay 17, 2024
Division of Wildlife - SouthNo Response
Colorado Public Utilities CommissionNo Response
Division of Water ResourcesComments with ConditionsJuly 3, 2024
Colorado Historical Society—
CDPHEComments with ConditionsJuly 6, 2024
Department of Labor and EmploymentNo Response
US Army Corps of EngrsNo Response
US Fish and Wildlife ServiceComments with ConditionsJune 14, 2024
WAPAComments with ConditionsJune 13, 2024
OSHANo Response
MorganNo Response
AdamsNo Response
Southeast Weld F-16No ConcernsJune 12, 2024
School District RE-3JNo Response
Lost CreekNo Response
ANADARKO LAND CORPORATION—
US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY—
PUBLIC SERVICE OF COLORADONo ConcernsJune 12, 2024
STATE OF COLORADO ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION—
STATE OF COLORADO, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & EMPLOYMENT, DIVISION OF OIL AND PUBLIC SAFETY—
DCP MIDSTREAM—
TRI-STATE GENERATION & TRANSMISSIONComments with ConditionsJune 24, 2024
WARREN AIR FORCE BASENo ConcernsJune 13, 2024
COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS—
UNITED POWERNo ConcernsJune 14, 2024
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD—
Southeast Weld Conservation DistrictNo Response

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.