Late December 2020, some of the residents received a letter from T E N A S K A the solar power company, informing them of the proposed industrial solar power plant that “could be” neighboring their property. The 12′ high solar panel plants would be within 100′ feet of most resident’s property line. Creating an industrial wall of solar panels surrounding people’s homes on what is now, beautiful agricultural land.

It is our understanding that the solar power company reached out to landowners more than a year ago inquiring about leasing. Also, approximately 80% of the landowners (owning farming acreage) that will lease do not live in this area.

Citizens for Responsible Solar was formed by concerned citizens in response to the destruction of the rural landscape in Virginia by industrial-scale solar development. In 2018, three industrial-scale solar projects targeted Culpeper, VA and submitted applications to develop thousands of acres of farmland, woodlands and rural acreage and replace them with hundreds of thousands of solar panels.