Letter to the editor: Questions for Hempfield on solar permit
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Sunrise Energy LLC in 2019 contracted with the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County to purchase renewable energy produced at a 12-acre industrial solar farm in Hunker, now owned by SolRiver LLC of Denver, Colo. Hempfield Township seemed mostly concerned with stormwater runoff, and thus issued a special use permit for this facility, a process repeated for the turnpike solar farm. Was there a bond put up for decommissioning? Will there be groundwater testing to monitor wh...