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2119 Resources Found, Displaying 2081 thru 2090

NYSERDA reports, New York Solar Guidebook and Wind Energy Guidebook

Pathway: Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval Processes

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Local Governments

Includes chapters on best practices in utilizing Special Use Permits and site plan regulations, solar in agricultural districts, and solar land leases.

National Conference of State Legislatures database of state statutes on wind facility siting

Pathway: Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval Processes

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Includes citations and brief summaries.

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies report, Wind Power Siting, Incentives, and Wildlife Guidelines in the United States

Pathway: Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval Processes

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Local Governments

Includes detailed summaries of nineteen states’ voluntary and model guidelines.

Pace report, local model ordinances on wind permitting

Pathway: Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval Processes

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Local Governments

Addressing the various siting and permitting requirements for wind energy.

TNC report, Accelerating Large-Scale Wind and Solar Energy in New York

Pathway: Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval Processes

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Local Governments

Details recommendations for reforming the SEQRA process, land use and planning, agriculture, environmental justice, and transmission and interconnection.

NARUC report, Wind Energy & Wind Park Siting and Zoning Best Practices and Guidance for States

Pathway: Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval Processes

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Local Governments

Summarizes the wind energy siting and zoning practices in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

ELI report, Siting Wind Facilities on State Owned Lands and Waters

Pathway: Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval Processes

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Addresses best practices in building renewables on state trust lands, state conservation lands, and state submerged lands.

ELI report, State Enabling Legislation for Commercial-Scale Wind Power Siting and Local Government Role

Pathway: Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval Processes

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Addresses state and local responsibilities for siting wind facilities over 5MW and provides model state enabling language.

APA report, “Planning for Wind Energy”

Pathway: Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval Processes

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Provides an overview of the wind siting process as well as a checklist for model ordinances.

Sabin Center’s Model Wind Siting Ordinance

Pathway: Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval Processes

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Aimed at helping New York municipalities to enact a wind siting ordinance that encourages development.

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2119 Resources Found, Displaying 2081 thru 2090