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From:Cynthia Perrine
To:Clerk of the Board
Subject:Agenda Item 5.1 Comment for 10/27
Date:Monday, October 26, 2026 5:01:00 PM
Dear Supervisors,
I am in favor of well-planned solar installations for the benefit of Butte County residents,
institutions, and businesses.
I have concerns about the currently proposed Cenergy project referred to as "North
Chico Solar" which sites a solar industrial complex in a zone actively achieving
collaborative progress towards recovering the landscape for resilience across multiple
user groups. Planning ensues, which ensures that episodes like recent unique,
catastrophic wildfires and drought / flood regimes of intensifying seasonal frequency are
met and managed with careful, strategic planning by the Butte County Collaborative
Group of interagency representatives.
I respectfully request that the Supervisors, for which Tod Kimmelshue is my
representative, direct Butte County staff to engage directly with California Energy
Commission to fully understand the proposed project details and allow local control to
operate. Local expertise and understanding of County staff provides the best
perspective of potential project impacts and benefits of such projects. The urgency on
the project proposer's part is not a good reason to ignore Butte County's procedural
approach to project review, especially in a decreasing natural community of local
importance to humans, wildlife, birds, plants, and rangeland foothills such as blue oak
woodland, which statewide has already experienced drastic land conversion and habitat
loss.
Please pause, and direct staff to fully evaluate this project's details adequately and
mindfully.
I would like my comment to be recorded in the official public record for all proceedings
concerning the proposed solar development at 2000 Skyway/Nance Canyon, and request that
the County provide a written response to the concerns raised.
Best,
Cynthia Perrine
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