Pinal County planners voted 4-3 to recommend denial of the 8,122-acre Silver King Energy Center. Commissioners questioned economic benefits and mixed-use plans for the $2.9 billion project.
Arevia Power subsidiary Silver King Solar has withdrawn its 12,915-acre, up to 2.2-gigawatt solar and battery project near Florence Junction, halting what would have been Pinal County’s largest renewable energy development.