Court rules in favor of county in solar farm lawsuit

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The long pending court case involving a solar company’s lawsuit against the county for the latter’s denial of a special exception and major development permit for construction of a large-scale solar farm near Drifton has finally reached a resolution On Wednesday, Feb. 28, Circuit Court Judge Dawn Caloca-Johnson issued an eight-page order denying Ecoplexus’ petition for a writ of certiorari, which the Delaware-based company had filed with the court on Feb. 7, 2022. “The court finds the petitioner is not entitled to relief,” Caloca-Johnson wrote in brief. Lest county officials celebrated prematurely, however, County Attorney Heather Encinosa