Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 | 9:00 a.m.
North Office Building, Hearing Room #1 & Virtual Participation
Utility scale solar development and agricultural land in Pennsylvania
AGENDA
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
Senator Vogel, Majority Chair, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
PANEL #1 Agricultural Land Preservation and Protection:
9:05 a.m. Doug Wolfgang, Director – Testimony
Bureau of Farmland Preservation
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
9:10 a.m. Dr. Timothy Kelsey, Professor of Agricultural Economics – Testimony
Penn State University
College of Agricultural Sciences
9:15 a.m. Tom Gilbert, Campaign Director – Testimony
Energy, Climate & Natural Resources
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
9:20 a.m. Andrew Williams, Vice President – Testimony | Supplemental Testimony
Policy & Corporate Affairs
Sol Systems
9:25 a.m. Q&A for Panel #1 with Committee Members
PANEL #2 Leasing Practices:
10:05 a.m. Brook Duer, Staff Attorney – Testimony
Center for Agricultural and Shale Law
Penn State Law
10:10 a.m. Jacob Kiessling, Attorney – Testimony
Mette, Evans & Woodside
10:15 a.m. Alyssa Edwards, Vice President – Testimony
Environmental Affairs & Government Relations
Lightsource BP
10:20 a.m. Q&A for Panel #2 with Committee Members
PANEL #3 Co-Location of Agricultural Production and Solar Panels:
10:50 a.m. Jack Copus, Partner – Testimony
SGC Power
Renewable Works for Pennsylvania (RW4PA) Coalition
10:55 a.m. Brent Alderfer, Founder and Director – Testimony
Community Energy
11:00 a.m. Q&A for Panel #3 with Committee Members
11:20 a.m. Closing Remarks/Adjournment
Additional Written Testimony
MAREC Action – Testimony
Reinford Farms – Testimony
SEIA – Testimony
SOLSYSTEMS – Testimony