The NoCo Herald

Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado

Taelor Solar

A solar farm of up to 650 megawatts AC, with battery storage planned for 650 megawatt-hours and a possible increase to 1,300, on 4,300 acres.

ApprovedUse by special review · USR24-001412475 County Road 95, Roggen

For
Energy
Acres
4,300
Where it is in Weld County, and close up. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

Where it stands

  1. Oct. 15, 2024Heard by the Weld County Planning Commission
  2. Oct. 30, 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 the construction of a 1041 Major Facility of a Public Utility, including a Solar Energy Facility (SEF) (solar arrays) with a generating capacity up to 650 megawatt AC; a Battery Energy Storage Facility planned for 650 MWh with a possible increase to up to 1,300 MWh; a substation (constructed and owned by the applicant) to interconnect the project to the high voltage transmission system; an operations area, including an operations and maintenance building, possible water storage, materials storage and parking; an on-site communication system (communication lines); Meteorological Stations (approximately 15 high, on posts); up to seven (7) construction trailers and ten (10) conex containers during construction and up to four (4) conex containers, post-construction, for parts storage, 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 said44

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 Conditions
Health DepartmentComments with ConditionsJune 26, 2024
OGEDComments with Conditions
Development ReviewComments with ConditionsJune 26, 2024
Sheriffs OfficeNo Concerns
Flood PlainComments with ConditionsJuly 11, 2024
CDOTComments with ConditionsSept. 30, 2024
Colorado Fish & Wildlife ConservationNo Response
Colorado Historical SocietyNo Response
CPW - SolarComments with ConditionsJune 18, 2024
Division of Water ResourcesComments with ConditionsMay 31, 2024
CDPHENo Response
Colorado Public Utilities CommissionNo Response
Department of Labor and EmploymentNo Response
US Army Corps of EngrsNo Response
US Fish and Wildlife ServiceComments with ConditionsJune 14, 2024
WAPANo Response
OSHANo Response
LoganNo Response
MorganNo Response
Southeast Weld F-16No ConcernsMay 30, 2024
School District RE-50JNo Response
School District RE-3JNo Response
Kiowa-Bijou GW BasinNo Response
Bison Energy CorporationNo Response
Wiggins TelephoneNo Response
Chesapeake ExplorationNo Response
Jack Rabbit Creek Resources, LLCNo Response
OXBOW PROPERTIES INC.No Response
7433 S CLARKSON CIR CENTENNIAL CO 8012-1422 PHONE: 303-798-2264—
EPANo Response
STATE OF COLORADO ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSIONNo Response
STATE OF COLORADO, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & EMPLOYMENT, DIVISION OF OIL AND PUBLIC SAFETYNo Response
PUBLIC SERVICE OF COLORADOComments with ConditionsMay 29, 2024
US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYNo Response
US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNo Response
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROADNo Response
XCEL ENERGYComments with ConditionsMay 29, 2024
WARREN AIR FORCE BASENo ConcernsMay 29, 2024
UNION PACIFIC RAILROADNo Response
Southeast Weld Conservation DistrictComments with ConditionsOct. 8, 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.