One council member who voted to suspend the plan said he got emails from residents asking him to "not spend another breath on this, and please work on the things that are important to us."
PJM Interconnection is changing how it approves new electricity projects, intending to speed up the process. About 8 in 10 of the more than 2,600 projects waiting for approval are from renewable sources.
Community solar lets people subscribe to an offsite solar project and get credit on their electricity bills for the extra power produced by the panels.
Ahead of the COP27 climate talks, South Africa released an $8.5 billion plan to transition to clean energy, paid for by the US and other wealthy countries.
