Rock District Solar
A proposed 20 MW-AC solar facility in the Towns of Carlisle and Seward, Schoharie County, New York
About Rock District Solar
In support of New York State’s Clean Energy Standard mandate to secure 50 percent of the State’s electrical supply from renewable sources by 2030, Cypress Creek Renewables is proposing the construction of “Rock District Solar,” a 20 MW-AC solar energy facility in the Towns of Carlisle and Seward in Schoharie County, NY. The project is expected to be sited on approximately 125 acres of open agricultural land.
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR)
"New York's State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) requires all state and local government agencies to consider environmental impacts equally with social and economic factors during discretionary decision-making. This means these agencies must assess the environmental significance of all actions they have discretion to approve, fund or directly undertake. When considering an action that has been the subject of a Final EIS, SEQR requires the agencies to balance the environmental impacts with social and economic factors when deciding to approve or undertake an "Action"."