North Carolina commission okays changes for 79.9-MW McBride solar project

December 16, 2016 Barry Cassell Generation

The North Carolina Utilities Commission on Dec. 16 approved revisions to a certificate of public convenience and necessity that it had issued in November 2014 to McBride Place Energy LLC for construction of a 79.9-MW (ac) solar facility to be located on U.S. Highway 601 between Joyner Road and Mt. Pleasant Road near Midland, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

On Nov. 28, the company provided updated information informing the commission of changes regarding two parcels of land for the project. It also stated that the following e911 address has been assigned to the project site: 9375 U.S. Highway 601 S, Midland.

Project contact information is: Henry T. “Tal” McBride, Manager, McBride Place Energy LLC, telephone 571-228-5105, tal@mcbrideenergy.com, P.O. Box 16005, Bristol VA 24209.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
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