County appeal-procedure ordinance vote
Three pages. Records adoption as amended; final ordinance wording remains needed.
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UpdatedSeptember 7, 2026
Official decisions
County Commission approved minutes
Approved minutes of the April 27 County Commission meeting, recording the motions to deny the appeals — one of them for lack of standing.
View PDFApplicant filings and notices
Nine Mile Data, LLC — data center findings report
County staff findings and conditions for the Nine Mile Data data-center conditional-use permit, including parcel descriptions, the site, utility, and electrical-interconnection exhibits, and the project's ~$10B investment, ~200 long-term jobs, and ~$74.7M annual property-tax figures.
View PDFWells Draw Energy — solar power plant findings report
Findings and conditions for the Wells Draw Energy solar power plant (about 333 MW) conditional-use permit.
View PDFWells Draw Energy — natural-gas power plant findings report
Findings and conditions for the Wells Draw Energy natural-gas power plant (about 400 MW with energy storage), including grid-interconnection references to Deseret Power and PacifiCorp/Gateway South.
View PDFreWater, LLC — produced-water facility findings report
Findings and conditions for the reWater produced-water disposal and recycling facility, including pond storage capacity and facility-layout exhibits.
View PDFNine Mile Data — public hearing notice
Public hearing notice for the Nine Mile Data conditional-use permit, published in the Uintah Basin Standard ahead of the April 2 Planning Commission hearing.
View PDFPlanning Commission agenda
Agenda for the April 2 Planning Commission meeting that heard the reWater, Wells Draw Energy, and Nine Mile Data conditional-use permits.
View PDFPlanning Commission minutes
Minutes of the April 2 Planning Commission meeting recording the conditional-use-permit hearings and the actions taken on each application.
View PDFCounty Commission agenda
Agenda for the April 27 County Commission meeting that heard the appeals of the Planning Commission approvals.
View PDFUtah public notice — April 27 appeal hearing
State public-meeting notice for the April 27 Duchesne County Commission appeal hearing.
View noticeState records and company statements
Proposed development investment
Nonbinding Energence Utah proposal. Not evidence of closed financing or delivered capacity.
Read original announcementHB 76: Data Center Water Transparency Amendments
Seven pages. Notification/reporting framework; not a project compliance determination.
Open enrolled lawFlorida Sunbiz — Elio Energy Group LLC
State corporate registration record for Elio Energy Group LLC, the developer identified on the project engineering drawings.
View recordRedelfi — partnership with Elio Energy Group
Company press release describing Redelfi's U.S. partnership with Elio Energy Group and Redelio Renewables.
Read releaseEntity research memo
Working memo tracing the corporate entities behind the project — developer, landowner, and the related power and water companies — from public registry records.
Read memoResearch and background
Redelio Renewables — company background
Background on Redelio Renewables, a company associated with the developer's partnership network.
View profileIEA Electricity 2026 — demand
Context on data-center and electrification demand growth driving new power needs.
View reportIEA Electricity 2026 — grids
Context on grid capacity and interconnection bottlenecks relevant to large new loads.
View reportUptime Institute — data-center water impacts are local
Industry analysis explaining why data-center water impacts depend on local cooling design, climate, and water source rather than a generic average.
Read articlePoweredByWho — Duchesne County tracker
Independent tracker page for data-center activity in Duchesne County.
View trackerNews & reporting
Local and statewide reporting on the project — Basin Now, ABC4 Utah, Citizen Portal, PoweredByWho, and others — is catalogued on the News page.
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