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Rain showers this evening with overcast skies overnight. Low around 35F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%..
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Updated: April 23, 2026 @ 8:40 pm
The Sugar Maple Solar project in Jefferson and Lewis counties has been approved by the state. Watertown Daily Times
The map shown, included in the public involvement program plan, indicates the project area for the Sugar Maple Solar farm. Provided image
The Sugar Maple Solar project in Jefferson and Lewis counties has been approved by the state. Watertown Daily Times
The map shown, included in the public involvement program plan, indicates the project area for the Sugar Maple Solar farm. Provided image
ALBANY — The state Department of Public Service has given the final approval for developers to move forward with a 622-acre solar farm in the towns of Wilna and Croghan, expected to be one of the larger solar facilities in the state once completed.
On Wednesday, the DPS stamped its final approval on the permit for Sugar Maple Solar to move forward with its project, which once completed is expected to produce up to 125 megawatts of power, enough for more than 30,000 homes.
The approval doesn’t ensure that work will go forward; the developer still needs to hammer out agreements with the towns, including potential Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreements, before they can break ground.
According to the details of the permit, the project will include a 20-megawatt battery energy storage system capable of providing power to the grid for up to four hours once charged.
According to the permit, the developers requested that the state allow them to ignore certain aspects of Croghan and Wilna’s zoning laws; the DPS permit broadly blocks the developers from ignoring most of the town’s zoning rules, although it did rule that the project doesn’t have to follow the town of Croghan’s solar facility overlay zone rules, its state road setback rules, its forest clearing restrictions and a handful of other town-level regulations, as well as the town of Wilna’s decommissioning bonds requirement and decommissioning plan requirements.
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