This is the first utility-scale solar facility to come before the board since November, when Pulaski County was designated a SolSmart municipality through a federal program meant to boost solar power production across the country. Pulaski County is one of more than 20 Virginia communities to work with the state Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service to attain the certification. It dovetails with state legislative mandates for renewable electricity generation.