Public Utility Commission rejects solar array near Mount Philo

The Lake Champlain basin as seen from Mount Philo. File photo courtesy Lake Champlain Basin ProgramState regulators have denied approval of a proposed 145-kilowatt solar array after opponents successfully argued it would ruin views from atop Mount Philo.
The project, proposed by Peck Electric, would have consisted of 650 ground-mounted solar panels — each 9 feet tall — laid out in rows of seven. The array was to be just off Route 7, less than a mile from Mount Philo.
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