(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents solar companies applying for these land use changes.)
By Mark Cowling | Casa Grande Dispatch
FLORENCE – Four new solar energy plants are seeking major amendments to Pinal County’s Comprehensive Plan that would allow them to build and operate, the Board of Supervisors was told Wednesday.
The projects have different timelines for when they hope to begin in the next two to four years. Pinal County Senior Planner Gilbert Olgin told the board that county staff have no major issues with any of the proposals. The board heard the basics behind each proposal, but took no action Wednesday.
• The Box Canyon solar project would change 2,329 acres slated for a high-intensity activity center, medium-low-density residential and major open space to green energy production for a large solar generation facility north of the military reservation near Florence. It would be nine miles north of Florence, 5.6 miles south of U.S. 60 and on the west side of State Route 79.
