By Cassandra Sweet | WSJ | Link to article
Los Angeles County agencies have approved changes to a construction permit that First Solar Inc. needs to build a large solar farm and complete a $1.36 billion deal with Exelon Corp.
First Solar and Exelon said last week that the pending approvals had held up federal loans backed by a $646 million loan guarantee that the U.S. Department of Energy had approved for the project.
In September, Exelon agreed to buy the 230-megawatt solar farm in the arid Antelope Valley near Los Angeles and pay First Solar to build and operate the facility in a package of deals worth about $1.36 billion.
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