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Upset community members clash with solar farm developer

Upset community members clash with solar farm developer

At first public meeting, Cenergy faces a skeptical and angry audience
At its first meeting open to the general public, the company seeking to build a utility-scale solar farm off Skyway faced a fiery audience. The Sept. 22 meeting is the first time Cenergy Power welcomed members of the public to hear from its staff directly — just one month before it plans to file its application to the California Energy …

ChicoSol reporter to speak on League panel Saturday

ChicoSol contributor Chris Hutton will join NVCF’s David Little and Action News’ Hayley Watts on a Sept. 26 panel.

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