Real Estate/Development
Aug. 14, 2014
Solar companies push for legislation to streamline permitting process
Many local agencies are resisting the push to standardize permitting, arguing that such an edict will unfairly favor solar over other projects and exert too much control over local planning.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Solar panels have proliferated on roofs across California, and state policies and subsidies aimed at accelerating renewable energy have been a major force behind that success. But those statewide efforts are being stymied at the local level, according to the solar industry, which says that widely varying permitting rules add needless costs and delay to residential s...
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