Comments by Darrel Hart

Commission District: U

Concerning commercial development of energy sources in Sedgwick County, the County Commission should leave the regulations as they are, and rely upon Conditional Use process to determine location and development standards. Additionally the Commissioners should make this decision based on input from Sedgwick County constituents, not from residents of other counties. New wind and solar are now the lowest cost source of electricity, recently in Idaho a long term solar energy contract sold at 2.175 cent/KWh. Implementing punitive requirements to eliminate sources that do not emit green house gasses and are now cheaper than all subsidized competition would be a self inflicted wound on rate payers and the counties future. We all know that lower local energy prices help attract business to the area.