OCONTO COUNTY (NBC 26) — A solar energy company declined to attend a public meeting in Morgan Tuesday night, citing safety concerns after they said they discovered threatening social media comments about the gathering.

Hear from NextEra Energy and the town of Morgan's chairperson below: Solar Company Skips Morgan Meeting Over Threats

NextEra Energy found a Facebook comment last Friday suggesting people bring weapons to the meeting about their proposed solar farm project in Oconto County, according to company spokesperson Marshall Hastings.

"When you see a comment like that, we take heightened awareness to that. We want to make sure that our employees are safe when they're in these communities and we're appreciative of all the dialogue we did get to have," Hastings said.

Despite the

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