Local Government Committee Senator Rosemary Brown, Chair

Public hearing on utility scale solar development

JOINT HEARING

Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

AND Senate Local Government Committee

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 | 9:30 a.m.

North Office Building, Hearing Room #1 (and Virtual Participation)


Utility Scale Solar Development & Local Government Ordinances

AGENDA

9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Senator Vogel, Majority Chair, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Senator Dush, Majority Chair, Local Government
Senator Schwank, Minority Chair, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Senator Kearney, Minority Chair, Local Government

9:40 a.m.
Jason Connell, Director of Infrastructure Planning, PJM – Testimony

10:00 a.m.
Dr. Mohamed Rali Badissy, Assistant Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson School of Law – Testimony

10:20 a.m.
Kyle C. Kopko, Ph.D., Director, Center for Rural Pennsylvania – Testimony

10:40 a.m.
Samuel F. Cressler, Board Member, Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS) Chairman, Southampton Township Board of Supervisors – Testimony

11:00 a.m.
Ian Evans, Environmental Manager, Pattern Energy
Ray Fakhoury, Government Relations Consultant, Pattern Energy
Testimony

11:20 a.m.
Closing Remarks

11:30 a.m.
Adjournment

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