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Updated: July 8, 2026 @ 3:38 pm
Attorney Seth Uphoff represents Nexamp, the company that owns Mason Plains, LLC.
Joseph Warner explains during the Wind and Solar Committee hearing how the land has been in his family for generations, and he doesn’t want to sell it.
Dr. Jamie Fergus raises several concerns she has with Nexamp’s proposal and application during the hearing.
Nexamp’s Director of Business Development Jack Curry presents the solar farm proposal at the Wind and Solar Committee hearing.
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Attorney Seth Uphoff represents Nexamp, the company that owns Mason Plains, LLC.
Joseph Warner explains during the Wind and Solar Committee hearing how the land has been in his family for generations, and he doesn’t want to sell it.
Dr. Jamie Fergus raises several concerns she has with Nexamp’s proposal and application during the hearing.
Nexamp’s Director of Business Development Jack Curry presents the solar farm proposal at the Wind and Solar Committee hearing.
Effingham County residents packed a recent Wind and Solar Committee hearing about a commercial solar farm proposed at the corner of Mason Eberle Road and North 1275th Street by Mason Plains, LLC. The five-hour long meeting generated a plethora of information, questions and testimony.
Representatives for Nexamp, the company that owns Mason Plains, LLC, explained how they signed a lease agreement with the Warner family in 2022 because the land is close to an Ameren substation, there’s easy access to utility lines, and it’s clear and flat land.
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Effingham Daily News Reporter Marie Adamick can be reached at marie.adamick@effinghamdailynews.com or 618-510-9230
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