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Solar field under construction in Desert Heights

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DESERT HEIGHTS — A new solar power field is rising across Lear Avenue from an existing field in the unincorporated community of Desert Heights.

Officially known as the Lear Solar Project, it is developed by Renewable Properties under the company RPCA Solar 15 LLC, according to county spokesman David Wert.

The project includes 62 acres of solar development on an 80-acre site and will generate 9.9 megawatts of power as part of Southern California Edison’s Community Renewables Program, Wert said.

“Renewable Properties is both the developer and operator, as the company owns and runs its solar facilities and sells electricity through power purchase agreements,” he reported.

“The project is not connected to the solar installation across Lear Avenue.”

The project, he added, was approved by the San Bernardino County Planning Commission following a public hearing on Jan. 23, 2025. 

Nearby property owners were notified and had multiple opportunities to comment, Wert said.

• Application notices were mailed in May 2024.

• The environmental document was publicly circulated for 32 days, from Nov. 1 to Dec. 3, 2024

• Notice letters were sent at the start of that period.

• Public hearing notices for the Dec. 19, 2024, meeting were mailed on Nov. 27, 2024.

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