Public comment hearing planned in May for proposed solar farm – The Cumberland Times-News

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Rows of solar panels charge in a field outside Germantown on Nov. 16, 2025. 

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Rows of solar panels charge in a field outside Germantown on Nov. 16, 2025. 
CUMBERLAND — Allegany County attorney T. Lee Beeman said he recently testified before the Maryland Public Service Commission regarding a proposed nearly five-megawatt solar project near Helmstetter’s Curve on Cash Valley Road.
Solar Star Allegany South LLC in July applied to the PSC for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, which grants an applicant the authority to construct an energy generating station.
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Teresa McMinn is a reporter for the Cumberland Times-News. She can be reached at 304-639-2371 or tmcminn@times-news.com.

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