Enel has admitted to multiple curtailing violations since their last meeting with the DeWitt County Board.

At Monday night's DeWitt County Land Use Committee meeting, the committee discussed following up on these violations with fines. Member Buck Carter says they need to come up with a process as soon as possible. 

There was some dispute over the violations among the committee. One violation was clear-cut due to the circumstances, and two were a little muddier due to unclear language in the ordinance. Member Joe Witte describes the phrase "reasonable time" as part of the problem. 

Member Megan Myers was frustrated by the fact that Enel entered the agreement knowing they would be unable to comply with the curtailing ordinance, and voiced that they needed to issue the fines. 

It was agreed upon that fines need to be administered to Enel, but Zoning Manager Dee Dee Rentmeister was not confident in whether it was 1 violation or 3. This led the board to decide action would be taken at next month's meeting, to direct her officially, and decide what a reasonable time to curtail is. 

The board also discussed an upcoming solar farm project, and stated that Cummings had been contacted to be the engineering firm, but they would look into other companies as a back up, like Stanley, a company out of Iowa building a solar farm in Douglas County. Find more information at dewittcountyil.gov