Videos: Camelot Crossing subdivision tabled for two weeks @ LCC 2022-04-12.
An updated plan that no longer has any egress onto Val Del Road arrived Friday for
6.b. REZ-2022-07 Hayden Park.
Nonetheless, the turn lanes on Val Del Road were already scheduled as a T-SPLOST project, expected to be completed in 2023.
Not clear whether there are two egress points in the current plan.
The county’s sound system is working, so the LAKE video camera was plugged into it at yesterday morning’s Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also Continue reading ![[Rezoning, EV, VAWA, Quit claim]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2022-04-11--lcc-videos/many.jpg)
Rezoning, EV, VAWA, Quit claim
Tag Archives: Georgia Power
Subdivisions subsidized by roads, EV charging, VAWA, Soccer complex, Courtroom AV @ LCC 2022-04-11
Update 2022-04-12: Videos.
Thanks to Joe Brownlee of Georgia Power for getting Lowndes County to agree to Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at the county palace.
REZ-2022-06 Kinderlou Forest aims to go pretty close to Spring Branch and the Withlacoochee River.
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Rezonings, Val Del Road traffic, Electric Vehicle Charging
The agenda item for REZ-2022-07 Hayden Park, Camelot Crossing & Val Del Rd says “BUDGET IMPACT: N/A” for “a mixture of residential and commercial sites for development in various stages.” Yet the Lowndes County Commission board packet contains 52 pages of traffic study for the intersection of Val Del Road and North Valdosta Road. Staff notes “Plans for two left-turn lanes from Val Del to North Valdosta Road are anticipated to be complete by 2023.” The applicant’s Letter of intent says, “Lowndes County has been wise to pro-actively invest in infrastructure here, anticipating and preparing for new growth.” Continue reading
Solar power is beating fracked methane like the Internet won over BITNET
Why am I so sure that I will live to see fracked methane pipelines shut down, along with their tar sands and petroleum partners in crime? Because I’ve seen it before, a quarter century ago, when the Internet won over all other networks, including BITNET.
BITNET in the U.S. and Worldwide and the Internet,
in
Matrix News 4.10 October 1994.
The exponential growth of the Internet sucked users away from all the other networks. Coal is already crashing so fast that cleaning up coal ash is the biggest issue. Nukes are closing left and right. “Natural” gas is still growing, but not as fast as solar and wind, which produced more new electricity than any other source in 2020. Soon, fracked methane will peak, and then it will fall fast, just like coal did. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Solar, wind, batteries and other storage will continue to soar until almost all electricity comes from them. A cleaner world, with profit for those who buy in, and lower power charges for everyone: it’s coming fast.
Vote for clean energy and help it arrive faster.
Remember FidoNet? Probably you’ve never heard of it, and this is why. Remember BITNET? Maybe not, but one of its neologisms lingers on: Continue reading
Videos: Appointment Development Authority, Mutual Aid, Quit Claim White Water Road @ LCC 2020-01-28
The Lowndes County Commission approved all items in four and a quarter minutes, at its Regular Session a month ago, including reappointing Teri Lupo to the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority. There were no other nominees.
The longest item at less than a minute was 6.a. 2020 Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement. Commissioners had no questions about that or any other item.
Below are LAKE videos for each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also Continue reading
Videos: Appointment Development Authority, Mutual Aid, Quit Claim White Water Road @ LCC 2020-01-27
One month ago, the entire Lowndes County Commission Regular Work Session took eight and a half minutes.
Plus an
Executive Session for Real Estate.
Below are LAKE videos for each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the agenda. The board packet is on the LAKE website.
Appointment Development Authority, Mutual Aid, Quit Claim White Water Road @ LCC 2020-01-27
Development Authority, Mutual Aid, and a road quit claim: that’s all, on the lightest agenda in recent memory for the Lowndes County Commission Monday morning at 8:30 AM and voting Tuesday evening at 5:30 PM. You can speak Tuesday in Citizens Wishing to be Heard.
Georgia Power Region Vice President Terri Lupo wants to be reappointed to the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority, where she is currently Chairman. She was first appointed July 8, 2014.
The Mutual Aid Agreement the county made in 2016 with Continue reading
Southern Company Stockholder Meeting 2019-05-22
In this year’s pilgrimage to Pine Mountain, we will hear how part of Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning’s compensation will be tied to meeting the company’s low-carbon goals.
When: 10AM, Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Where:
The Lodge Conference Center at Callaway Gardens,
4500 Southern Pine Drive, Pine Mountain, Georgia 31822
What: Southern Company 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
That Annual Report page on Microgrids and Batteries looks good. Until you start to notice what’s missing from the documents.
So does this comparison of energy mixes in 2007 and 2018,
at least as far as “Hydro, Wind, Solar” going from 1 to 11%.
However, quite lacking is Continue reading
Solar power in Georgia 2019-03-14
How much solar power is there in Georgia? Quite a bit, and it’s everywhere, according to Georgia Energy Data map by Southface.
Gold disks indicate individual solar installations; green disks separate into many when zoomed.
There are three 1 megawattt (MW) solar farms in Berrien County I didn’t know about, and more elsewhere in the Suwannee River Basin, in almost every county. Continue reading
Annual Retreat, Valdosta Mayor and Council @ VCCSummit 2019-03-15
Not on Valdosta’s online calendar yet, but we got this email notice from City Council Tim Carroll, indicating Valdosta wastewater is first on his list to discuss. His number 4 about Internet speed and access is also of interest throughout the county and beyond. As are his other items.
All,
I hope each and everyone of you are having a great start to 2019. As we kick the year off, it is time to begin preparing for the cities annual Mayor and Council retreat.
It will be held March 15 & 16 at the Women’s Building.
When: All day, Friday-Saturday, March 15-16, 2019
Where:
The Woman’s Building,
1409 N. Patterson St.,
Valdosta, GA 31602
What: Annual Retreat, Valdosta Mayor and City Council
My current list includes: Continue reading
Solar and wind can power Georgia
Solar power is here right now. Georgia is #10 in the nation (up from #22 in 2017) by solar deployed (1,552.98 MW) and #7 in projected growth, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). That’s ahead of Florida, but still behind much farther north New Jersey and Massachusetts, which have less sun.
Graph: Top 10 Solar Power States, SEIA, Paul Horn, Inside Climate News
This Georgia solar improvement is despite Southern Company and Georgia Power cutting back on renewable energy investment last year and a hostile federal administration.
Graph: Georgia’s Solar Boom, SEIA and Paul Horn, InsideClimateNews
Sheer economies of scale continue decreasing solar prices and driving more solar installations, with more jobs. Continue reading