Considering a battery offer in Keating Township? Understand your part in the process.

Check the township and the full set of requirements

This page concerns Keating Township in McKean County, Pennsylvania. Start with the municipality shown in your property records. A mailing address or county name alone may not identify the office responsible for the proposal.

The township’s directory includes battery Ordinance 116 and later Ordinances 118 and 119. The later energy-project requirements supplement the technology-specific rules; reviewing only the battery document could miss part of the process.

Ask the company for the actual proposal and the township’s explanation of which requirements apply. Include all planned phases, disturbed land and the intended electrical connection.

Ordinance 118 uses different acreage wording in its applicability and definition sections. Have the township resolve that for the actual project. A company’s claim that its plan falls below a threshold is not enough to settle the question.

Reference: Keating Township: published ordinance directory · Keating Township: signed utility-scale energy Ordinance 118

Know what an information meeting would ask of you

For qualifying projects, Ordinance 119 requires a public information meeting before a permit application. It includes attendance by the property owner when that person is different from the applicant.

Ask who requests the meeting and who prepares the map, project description and notices. Find out when you would receive the materials and what the developer expects you to explain.

Review the land shown on the drawing before it is presented. Does it match the area you are willing to discuss? Are roads, cables or later phases shown on land you intended to keep?

The ordinance describes the meeting as informational, not a permit approval. Keep that distinction in any agreement or payment schedule. Taking part does not mean the company has permission to construct the project.

Reference: Keating Township: signed public-awareness Ordinance 119

Separate permission to investigate from permission to file

Ask what the company wants to do during its first visit. A walk around the property, a survey, soil testing and submitting an application are different activities. You should be able to identify which ones you have authorized.

If an application needs your signature, ask for the full document and drawing before signing. Have your adviser explain whether you are being named as the applicant, giving owner consent or accepting other responsibilities.

Decide how changes are handled. If the developer adds another parcel, moves the access road or enlarges the project, when must it seek your agreement? Do not leave that decision to an outdated sketch.

Tell the company about tenants, shared entrances and uses that must continue. The area available for equipment may be smaller than the full property, and supporting rights may extend beyond the fence.

Put project review costs beside the payment schedule

Ordinance 118 provides separate arrangements for professional review and litigation or enforcement costs. Ask the developer to explain which costs it carries and how those obligations are kept separate from money paid to you.

Read the proposed agreement for any costs you could be asked to reimburse. Who pays for surveys, engineering, application work, damage from testing and advice you obtain for yourself?

A delayed or incomplete application can leave your land reserved without a working project. Ask when option payments arrive, whether extensions need your consent and when the company must release land it no longer needs.

Use a timetable you can follow. Each payment should have a clear trigger, and any right to remain on the property should have a clear end or agreed extension.

Reference: Keating Township: signed utility-scale energy Ordinance 118

Check access for construction and the land you retain

The energy-project ordinance addresses public roads and construction impacts. Your own entrance, field roads and drainage need attention in the private agreement as well.

Ask for a delivery route and a drawing of temporary work areas. Could construction block a tenant, interrupt an existing business or prevent you reaching the rest of the property?

Record the condition of the areas the company will use before work begins. Agree who repairs damage and what evidence is kept when repairs are finished.

Ask the reviewing team about the proposed electrical connection separately. A local permit process does not establish that the battery can charge and export through a particular line or substation.

Reference: Keating Township: signed utility-scale energy Ordinance 118

Describe the condition you want when the project ends

Keating’s ordinances address removal funding and restoration. The later energy-project document also discusses removing access roads unless the owner requests otherwise. Tell the company which improvements you would want removed or retained.

Ask for a written end-of-project drawing: what happens to foundations, cables, drainage, fences and the entrance? Would the land be usable for the purpose you have in mind?

Have your adviser review who can use the removal security, when it is updated and how your agreement deals with a company that stops operating or changes hands. A stated amount alone does not explain how the work gets completed.

The battery ordinance requires township approval for a permit transfer. Separately, ask what your private agreement permits, how you receive notice and who remains responsible for payments and restoration after a transfer.

Reference: Keating Township: signed battery Ordinance 116 · Keating Township: signed utility-scale energy Ordinance 118

Start with your location and what you want to preserve

Use the form to send your contact details, then the Keating Township property location. Include McKean County, current use and any drawing or offer you already have. Acreage and the parcel number can be added if known.

Tell us whether you would consider a lease, sale or either, and identify access or uses you need to keep. You do not need to decide the permit route or arrange a public meeting before making an initial inquiry.