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Ned Lamont: “I just don't think these guys are paying their fair share…”

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Governor Ned Lamont visits two CT towns at the center of a growing solar farm dispute

Published | Video Starts at 00:36

And I don't think we have that balance right right now. I kind of like residential solar as long as it pays for itself. I just don't think these guys are paying their fair share. When I find out these big farms, big solar farms are coming in, they're sort of tax exempt is what Jamie's telling me. Not paying anything into the community. And I think they ought to be held accountable for what they're doing. Do I want the siting council to come up with little evaluations of putting something in? (00:36–00:45)

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Asserts that big solar farms are tax-exempt and not contributing financially to the community.

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