Stoughton WI small wind ordinance
Provides specific setback and height requirements for small wind energy systems.
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Watertown MN’s solar ordinance
Creates a set of guidelines specifically for the placement of home solar systems.
Seattle’s solar zoning
Allows solar collectors specifically to exceed height restriction by several feet and provides unique setback requirements.
Laramie WY solar and wind zoning
Allows for both solar and wind energy systems in all zoning districts, and relaxed standards for height and setback.
Minneapolis Wind and Solar Ordinances
Ordinances address height, encroachment and setbacks, and aesthetic requirements, and permit qualifying systems by right.
Hawaii PUC Decision 33258
Required utilities to collaborate with inverter manufacturers to develop a reasonable self-certification process for advanced inverters even before national standards were established.
NY’s Clean Energy Communities Program
Incentivizes local governments with grants and coordination assistance to meet four of ten designated high impact actions, one of which is the adoption of a Unified Solar Permit process.
San Jose solar permitting standards
San Jose adopted photovoltaic permit requirements that can approve a project in as little as one-day, and could become a nationwide model.
California’s Solar Permitting Efficiency Act
Requires all 515 local governments to create an expedited, online solar permitting process for rooftop solar installations under 10 kW.
Vermont Energy Act
Established the first standardized solar permitting law in the United States.