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New Freedom holds public hearing on ordinance requiring decommissioning bonds for solar facilities
Summary
Officials in New Freedom heard a public hearing on an amendment that would require decommissioning bonds for solar energy facilities; the transcript records discussion of how bond amounts would be set but includes no vote.
Staff member (unnamed) opened a public hearing on an amendment to New Freedom's zoning ordinance that would require decommissioning bonds for solar energy facilities, saying the bond would pay to remove equipment and restore sites if an operator abandoned a project.
The amendment, described as an ordinance to amend Article 225 of the borough code to add a decommissioning bond requirement for solar energy facilities, was discussed but no vote or formal decision is recorded in the provided transcript. "What this actually does is it, it puts a bond requirement in place so that if the solar…
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