Maryland PSC to Hold Second Public Hearing for Solar Project in Carroll County
(BALTIMORE, MD-August 8, 2019) – The Maryland Public Service Commission will hold a second public comment hearing on the application of Citizens UB Solar, LLC to build a solar generating facility in Carroll County, Maryland and the Town of Union Bridge. The hearing will be held on Monday, August 19, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at the Union Bridge Fire Company, 8 W. Locust Street in Union Bridge. Members of the public who wish to comment on the proposal are welcome to attend the hearing before Chief Public Utility Law Judge Ryan C. McLean. The first public comment hearing in this case was held October 18, 2018.
According to the applicant’s revised environmental review documents, filed on April 12, 2019, the solar array will be constructed on nearly 48 acres on a parcel located on Green Valley within an unincorporated area in Carroll County. The applicant’s April 12, 2019 filing indicates that the project’s planned generating capacity has been reduced from 9.9 MW to 8.172 MW, and a portion of the project that was initially proposed to be located within the Town of Union Bridge has been removed--although a portion of the project’s perimeter road and fence remains within the Town of Union Bridge.
The application is available for public inspection or copying at the Carroll County Development Review Office, 225 North Center Street in Westminster, and at the Town of Union Bridge, 104 West Locust Street in Union Bridge.
Additionally, the application and other filings in this case are available in the electronic docket for Case No. 9483, which may be viewed or downloaded at www.psc.state.md.us.
Written comments may be submitted by August 20, 2019 using the Commission’s public comments electronic filing system, instructions for which can be found at https://www.psc.state.md.us/make-a-public-comment/. After completing a one-time registration, comments may be submitted in a variety of formats including PDF, Word, Excel, etc. Photos may also be uploaded with comments.
As an alternative, comments referencing Case No. 9483 may be mailed (by August 20, 2019) to:
Terry J. Romine, Executive Secretary
Maryland Public Service Commission
William Donald Schaefer Tower
6 St. Paul Street, 16th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
CONTACT: Tori Leonard
410 767 8054
443 829 9111 (mobile)
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