The NoCo Herald

Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado

Prospect Solar Project

A 199-megawatt AC solar facility on 1,500 acres with 100-megawatt AC battery storage, a substation and transmission line.

ApprovedUse by special review · USR24-001333518 County Road 4, Keenesburg

For
Energy
Acres
1,737
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, USR24-0013, for a 1041 Major Facility of a Public Utility, including a 199 megawatt AC Solar Energy Facility (SEF) on 1,500 acres, a 100 megawatt AC BESS (Battery Energy Storage System), a step-up substation, transformer and maintenance facilities, and a 230kV interconnecting transmission line to connect to a new Tri-State 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 said51

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 ConcernsJune 17, 2024
Emergency Management OfficeComments with ConditionsSept. 9, 2024
Health DepartmentComments with ConditionsJuly 9, 2024
OGEDComments with ConditionsJune 18, 2024
Public WorksComments with ConditionsJuly 9, 2024
Sheriffs OfficeNo ConcernsJune 11, 2024
AttorneyNo Response
Flood PlainComments with ConditionsJuly 1, 2024
CDOTComments with ConditionsJuly 18, 2024
CPW - SolarComments with ConditionsJune 18, 2024
Division of Wildlife - SouthComments with ConditionsJune 18, 2024
Division of Water ResourcesComments with ConditionsJuly 3, 2024
Colorado Public Utilities CommissionNo Response
Colorado Fish & Wildlife ConservationNo Response
Colorado Historical SocietyNo Response
CDPHENo Response
Oil & Gas Conservation CommissionNo Response
Department of Labor and EmploymentNo Response
Colorado Division of Minerals and GeologyNo Response
US Army Corps of EngrsNo Response
WAPAComments with ConditionsJune 13, 2024
US Fish and Wildlife ServiceNo Response
AdamsNo ConcernsJune 11, 2024
Southeast Weld F-16Comments with ConditionsJune 11, 2024
School District RE-3JNo Response
Lost CreekNo Response
WEST SAND CREEKNo Response
LOMITA OPERATING CONo Response
PV LLCNo Response
WIGGINS TELEPHONENo Response
ASSOCIATED NATURAL GAS INC.No Response
WESTERN SLOPE OIL AND GAS COMPANYNo Response
PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINENo Response
WESTERN GAS SUPPLY CO.No Response
US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYNo Response
US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNo Response
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYNo Response
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATIONNo Response
SAND CREEKNo Response
NO CONTACT INFO. KR.—
DCP MIDSTREAMNo Response
TRI-STATE GENERATION & TRANSMISSIONComments with ConditionsJune 24, 2024
WARREN AIR FORCE BASENo Response
COLORADO INTERSTATE GASNo Response
UNITED POWERNo ConcernsJune 14, 2024
UNION PACIFIC RAILROADNo Response
PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF COLORADO / XCEL ENERGYComments with ConditionsJune 12, 2024
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPNo Response
Southeast Weld Conservation DistrictComments with ConditionsAug. 13, 2024

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.