Bill would protect local farmers with methane digesters from limits on electricity they sell to utilities

Columbia Borough had been considering a digester to produce electricity from manure from local farmers and food waste from various sources.

"They were looking it pretty closely," Zimmerman says. "When the rulemaking came about, they shelved it."

Borough Manager Ron Miller said officials were indeed worried about the uncertain Public Utility Commission limits. But he said lack of funding also played a role in not moving forward with the project.

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