A Chicago firm’s newly created affiliate has formally asked the Wisconsin Public Service Commission for approval to build a utility-scale solar farm west of Cambridge.
According to an April 15 filing with the commission, for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, Delaware-based Koshkonong Solar Energy Center, LLC, would own and operate the 300-megawatt solar farm that is proposed to spread over about 6,300 acres in the towns of Deerfield and Christiana.
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