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8 <br /> agricultural sector. Farmers use a lot of electrical <br /> power and are uniquely positioned to become energy <br /> producers. Every south-facing barn roof is a candidate <br /> for a photo-voltaic (PV) array, and farms usually have <br /> open acreage that can support a stand-alone PV array; <br /> 10) Authority to Amend the Orange County Civil Rights <br /> Ordinance - Orange County seeks legislative action to <br /> provide the County the authority to include sexual <br /> orientation and sexual identity as protected classes . <br /> The Board of Commissioners adopted the Orange County <br /> Civil Rights Ordinance in 1994 with the purpose and <br /> policy to promote the equal treatment of all <br /> individuals . In subsequent years, the County has <br /> requested, to no avail, additional legislative <br /> authority to amend the Ordinance to include additional <br /> protected classes . The Orange County Human Relations <br /> Commission formally acted in October 2011 requesting <br /> that the Board of Commissioners take the appropriate <br /> steps to amend the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance <br /> to include sexual orientation and sexual identity as <br /> protected classes . Approximately 890 of Fortune 500 <br /> companies prohibit discrimination based on sexual <br /> orientation, including Bank of America, Lowe' s, Duke <br /> Energy, Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T) , and Reynolds <br />