Show Your Support Solar in Fluvanna!

As Fluvanna leaders consider how to regulate solar projects in the county, it is important that leaders strike the right balance between personal property rights and the need for clean energy when crafting rules to govern solar proposals.  Fluvanna residents and landowners deserve thoughtful, workable rules to allow low-impact, hidden, and safe projects to be considered by local leaders.  To offset some of the highest real estate taxes in the state, clean energy is a no-brainer for Fluvanna.

Fluvanna County leaders will soon take a final vote on rules to govern solar projects, but the current proposals are unworkable, especially for smaller landowners and small scale projects. “Setbacks” of projects from property lines, rivers, streams, and ponds of 500-1000ft have the effect of prohibiting solar alltogether, restricting an landowner’s rights. These restrictions are 2x to 10x more restrictive than other counties require and would prevent Fluvanna taxpayers from benefiting from many millions in tax revenue from these projects.

CVEC has attended meetings to let supervisors know that smaller projects help CVEC keep costs lower, and the solar ordinance as proposed would prohibit these cost-saving projects from the county. Please take this important step forward and let your elected leaders know how important a strong, workable solar ordinance is for the county.

Please add your information below to share a message with county leaders to support reasonable, workable setbacks in the proposed ordinance!

Fluvanna Priorities

– Creation of a solar ordinance that attracts high-quality project proposals

– Require reasonable setbacks and vegetative buffers to shield panels from view from roadways and residences

– Projects should pay local taxes to help fund county services and/or lower local tax burdens

– Solar projects should utilize local goods and services wherever possible

– Each project should demonstrate plan to benefit soil health and to decommission project after its useful life.

– Community outreach must be required of projects to more fully engage the host communities

Check out our photos from our Solar 101 event in Fork Union!