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Commission considers adding county's solar energy policy to comprehensive plan to guide future reviews
Summary
Staff proposed amending Westmoreland County's comprehensive plan to incorporate the board-adopted solar energy policy so it carries weight during 2232 reviews; commissioners debated a 100-acre threshold and the policy's omission of projects under 5 megawatts or 50 acres.
Planning staff asked the commission to add the county's recently adopted solar energy policy to the comprehensive plan as a first-phase amendment, saying that would give the policy weight during future 2232 plan reviews for solar facilities.
"This is a fairly, simple proposal...to take the newly adopted solar energy policy that has been created within the last 6 months and add…
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