MECHANIC FALLS — The town’s attorney has advised the town councilors and Town Manager Vic Hodgkins that they have authority to inspect solar array energy systems annually, contrary to assertions made by three solar companies.
Days after the Town Council approved final language in the town’s solar ordinances in May, Hodgkins received a letter threatening court action by three solar array energy system developers that are planning to build solar farms in Mechanic Falls.
Next Grid Renewable Energy, New England Solar Garden and Green Lantern Solar claim that a recently adopted article in the municipal Solar Array Energy Systems Ordinance that requires annual inspections of solar arrays is “an overreach of the town’s Home Rule Authority, is in conflict with and contrary to state law, and bears no rational relationship to the land use activity it is seeking to…
Three solar energy companies challenge Mechanic Falls’ ordinance on annual inspections
