by News Staff | Feb 28, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy After eight years of workshops, community outreach, discussion, wrangling with conflicting community needs and compromise, Inyo’s Board of Supervisors and Planning Department thought the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan was a done deal back in...
by News Staff | Feb 13, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Submitted by Michael Prather Eight years of collaborative planning time, effort and expense are being swept aside by the recent decision of the U.S. Department of Interior to reopen the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP). Broad and balanced stakeholder...
by News Staff | Dec 9, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo Supervisors notes The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan showed up at Tuesday’s Inyo County Board of Supervisors’ meeting in a big box. Scaled down from the 8,000-page draft, the final Environmental Impact Statement, 2,000-plus pages,...