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After the foreign solar and wind corporations get their subsidies and credits, and the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) makes its MW fees ($1,000/MW) that is not publicly audited or disclosed to the public, they allow the solar corporations to abandon equipment in the ground when it's decommissioning time. One of the biggest financial hiccups for solar developers is decommissioning. It's very expensive to take apart these solar complexes. It costs 5-15x more per panel to try and recycle its parts than it does to simply dump them on landfills. In order for ORES to court these foreign developers, they have to make the decommissioning process as pain-free as possible for these conglomerates out of Spain, Canada, and Denmark. Per the DPS documents uploaded specifically for Fort Edward Solar, it says this: "all buried and embedded cables will be removed to at least 3 feet below ground surface in non-agricultural areas and at least 4 feet below ground surface within agricultural areas." The plan considers removal of project components to 4 feet below grade in agricultural areas and 3 feet below grade in non-agricultural areas. That's it. Anything beyond the 3 and 4 foot mark is abandoned in place. Do you know what will remain? - Medium-voltage cables that connect panel rows to inverters/substations - Conduit (PVC or HDPE) encasing those lines - Grounding system (copper grid/wires) - Steel posts that hold the panels are often driven 6–10+ feet into the ground. ORES allows the developer to "cut" the piles off below grade instead of full extraction. - Transformer pads or inverter pads - Subgrade material - Trenches themselves (filled back in) remain as disturbed soil layers All of this is available for public viewing inside of any ORES solar or wind complex in New York State. That's what will remain in the soil they tell you can be "farmed again." It's a LIE. This land will be ruined for the remainder of our lives, and they know that. They're counting on you to go on with your day and not open the ORES docket where they have to admit the evils of these ecological detention centers inside of DPS documentation. All for a commercial power that generates at 15% of its potential, and 0% of its potential when we need it most: during blizzards. We are raising money to sue these people for what they are doing to our communities, soils, and wildlife. Linking below. Thank you.