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University Area Joint Authority describes digester, solar purchase and ongoing rate dispute
Summary
UHA reported progress on a biodigester and sludge dryer project and said it repurchased a solar array; the authority also confirmed a rate dispute with State College Borough is in litigation. Supervisors asked for data supporting energy and net‑benefit projections.
The University Area Joint Authority updated the Ferguson Township Board on March 18 about major infrastructure projects and a billing dispute with a municipal customer.
Mark Kunkel, presenting UHA’s quarterly report, described an anaerobic digester and sludge dryer project intended to replace the authority’s composting system and to generate biogas and dry biosolids for sale. In the meeting transcript Kunkel described the project as "a $7,475,000,000 dollar project." That figure appears in the transcript and may reflect a transcription or verbal error; UHA did not provide an independent verified total at the meeting.
Kunkel said the drying building is…
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