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A. Fasulo - They're taking our best farmland, grasslands, wetlands, and forests for a form of energy that ONLY generates at 15% of its annual potential in this climate. The 100MW facility they promised would lower your bills in your town? I'm guessing your bills haven't gone down. In fact, they've gone up thanks to this state's need to socialize the failed rollout of "clean" energy. No, that 100MW solar facility actually only generates 15MW. That solar facility has a 15% capacity factor. A solar project’s capacity factor is how much electricity it actually produces over a year ÷ how much it would produce if it ran at full output 24/7. You get 15%. That's why a disgusting amount of subsidies, credits, and initial contracts to build are needed to prop up this failing industry in northern climates. How does New York compare to other parts of the country? U.S. average solar capacity factor: 23–24% High-sun regions (CA, Southwest): 25–30% New York / Northeast: 15% Many argue destroying the beauty of California for only 25MW generated at a 100MW solar facility also makes no sense. I agree. But when you look at Upstate NY, it's clearly one of the worst regions in the entire country to claim that commercial solar works here. "But we need to diversify our grid!" Actually, when we needed the power most, during December, January, and February, these solar complexes fall to nearly 0% of power generated. It was observed this winter on the NYISO dashboard. Why? Snow sits on the panels. With 2,000 acres of panels covered at a time, no one is removing the snow. When we need power most, these complexes don't provide. We're allowing foreign corporations to destroy thousands of acres at a time, acres that are home to endangered species, Indian burial grounds, protected habitats, prime USDA farming soils that once grew our food, and American history. All for a form of energy that, on the books, makes no logical sense in Upstate NY. And that's just the facts. All of the numbers in this post can be verified if you do your own research. Solar and wind has failed in northern climates. We cannot allow our state governments to continue forcing it into our rural towns by sidestepping our home rule. They are making money off pillaging our towns, counting on us to idly sit by while it happens. I will not sit by idly. I am raising money to sue through my nonprofit. Linking below. (I am commenting on COMMERCIAL solar in this post. Not the 3 panels on your rooftop.)