Edelen Renewables celebrates $200 million Bright Mountain Solar investment in Perry County
Bright Mountain Solar would bring an 80-megawatt project and a 4-mile transmission line to Perry County, with construction jobs and free training promised.
Edelen Renewables is celebrating a $200 million Bright Mountain Solar investment that would put an up-to-80-megawatt solar facility in Perry County and add about 4 miles of related transmission line to the project footprint. Kentucky Public Service Commission case 2022-00274 shows Bright Mountain Solar, LLC seeking a certificate of construction for the merchant electric project, and proof-of-service documents show Perry County Judge/Executive Scott Alexander received the application.
WYMT described the proposal as a new 80-megawatt solar facility representing a $200 million investment and said it would bring construction jobs and free training to Perry County. That combination of payroll and training is the first concrete local payoff in a county long shaped by coal production, especially while the project moves through the PSC review process and community input requirements tied to the county where it will be built.
The commission’s public involvement rules require a public meeting in the county at least 90 days before an application is filed, a step meant to give residents a formal chance to weigh in on where a facility and its transmission line will go. Bright Mountain Solar’s paper trail also shows a January 12, 2024 review by Harvey Economics of the site assessment report, evidence that the project has been moving through technical and regulatory review for more than a year.
Project materials tie Bright Mountain Solar to Edelen Renewables and Avangrid Power LLC, while other sources identify Avangrid Renewables as the developer. Bright Mountain Solar’s own materials call it an up-to-80-megawatt project, Cleanview lists expected commercial operation in January 2027, and a PPA-related document says it is planned to come online by Jan. 1, 2028.
Edelen Renewables later thanked Scott Alexander and the Perry County Fiscal Court for their support of the Bright Mountain Solar Project. Because the application describes Bright Mountain as a merchant electric facility, its power is intended for the broader market rather than a single local utility load, making the project both a construction story now and a long-term test of how Perry County’s economy is diversifying beyond coal.
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