Solano County is a lure for the energy sector. The county’s windswept hills are dotted with 421 commercial wind turbines, 63 natural gas wells, a handful of solar projects, and at least one proposed battery energy storage system, or BESS.
On Tuesday, Solano supervisors voted unanimously to catch up to the rapidly growing industry by advancing a measure to increase taxes on commercial wind energy and place new taxes on natural gas, solar and BESS companies, helping out with the county’s financial hardships in the process.
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