Connecticut Siting Council closes record on 50-megawatt Sterling-Plainfield solar plan; decision due by February 2027
Docket 550, a 50-megawatt solar project on nine parcels in Sterling and Plainfield, closed its evidentiary record on August 11, 2026. About 43 to 45 acres of core forest would be cleared, the main contested point. The Council's final decision deadline, extended with the applicant's consent, is February 17, 2027.
The Connecticut Siting Council closed the evidentiary record on August 11, 2026 in Docket No. 550, the application of Brookfield Husky Solar, LLC, doing business as Verogy, for a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for a 50-megawatt-AC solar photovoltaic generating facility on nine parcels along Sterling Road (Route 14) near the Sterling and Plainfield boundary. The applicant filed its post-hearing brief on September 10, 2026, which was also the deadline for party and intervenor briefs and proposed findings of fact. The Council's schedule lists draft findings of fact and the final decision as to be determined.
Connecticut Siting Council Docket No. 550; Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 16-50k, 16-50p