Notice
Pursuant to the zoning laws of the State of Colorado and the Weld County Code, a public hearing will be held before the Weld County Planning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners in the Hearing Room, Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, at the times specified below.
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Docket Number: 2026-47
Planning Commissioners Date: August 4, 2026
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Board of Commissioners Date: September 9, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Case Number: SIF26-0002
Applicant: Multiple Property Owners, c/o Chalk Bluffs Wind, LLC
Planner: Diana Aungst
Request: State Interest Facility for a 1041 Major Facility of a Public Utility for a Wind Energy Facility (WEF) generating 380 megawatts (MWAC), two (2) Solar Energy Facilities (SEF) generating 425 megawatts (MWDC), two (2) substations, two (2) Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), 10.8 miles of 115 kV transmission line, and 15.9 miles of 230 kV transmission line, outside of subdivisions and historic townsites in the A (Agricultural) Zone District.
Legal Description: Sections 2, 3, the E1/2 and the SW1/4 of Section 7, Sections 8, 9, 10, 16, the SE1/4 of Section 17, the S1/2 and part of the N1/2 of Section 18, Sections 20, 29, and 33 all located in Township 11 North, Range 64 West; the NE1/4 and the W1/2 of Section 1, Sections 2, 3, part of the E1/2 of Section 4, Section 12, and the E1/2 of Section 24, all located in Township 11 North, Range 65 West; the W1/2 of Section 19, Section 30, and the S1/2 of Section 34, all located in Township 12 North, Range 64 West; Sections 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, the E1/2 of Section 26, Sections 27, 28, the E1/2 of Section 29, Sections 33, and 35, all located in Township 12 North, Range 65 West; the N1/2 and the SW1/4 of Section 19, Section 20, the W1/2 and part of the E1/2 of Section 21, Sections 22 and 23, E1/2 of the E1/2 and Lot B of RE-530 being part of Section 24, all located in Township 12 North, Range 66 West; part of the S1/2 and part of the N1/2 of Section 20, the S1/2 and part of the N1/2 of Section 21, Sections 22, 23, 24, all located in Township 12 North, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado.
Location: South of and adjacent to the Wyoming state line, extending south to County Road 122; approximately one (1) mile west of Interstate 25 (I-25), extending east to County Road 59 section line right-of-way (See Legal Description for precise location)
Size: 25,200 acres, more or less
Dated: July 20, 2026
Published: July 22, 2026, in the Greeley Tribune