North Annville solar farm hearing postponed again

The Sept. 9 hearing on a controversial application to build a 1,200-acre solar panel farm in North Annville Township has been postponed for the second time.

It has been tentatively moved to Thursday, Oct 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the Union Water Works Fire Company, according to the township’s attorney.

The township’s supervisors have been asked to give “conditional use” zoning approval to the project, which is backed by Enel Green Power, the Massachusetts-based arm of Italian multi-national energy company Enel S.p.A.

A Sept. 8 letter from township attorney Paul Bametzreider announced that the latest delay was “at the request of certain landowners in North Annville Township who are represented by private counsel,” who Bametzreider said is unable to attend due to a “health emergency.”

The hearing had originally been scheduled for June 24, but was postponed to Sept. 9 at the request of Enel’s attorney.

The project has generated opposition and support from township residents, and resulted in several heavily attended and lively meetings before the township’s supervisors and planning commission.

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