Amendment ID: S2829-80

Amendment 80

Local Government Small Energy Infrastructure Facilities

Ms. Edwards moves that the proposed new draft be amended by striking lines 403-407 in SECTION 21 and inserting in place thereof  “(b) The department shall establish standards, requirements and procedures governing the siting and permitting of small clean energy infrastructure facilities by local governments that include: (1) uniform sets of minimum public health, safety, environmental and other standards, including zoning criteria, that local governments shall require for the issuance of permits for small clean energy infrastructure facilities;(ii) a common standard application for small clean energy 406 infrastructure facility project applicants submitting a permit application to local governments;" Further, in lines 1266-1272 of SECTION Subsection 69W, insert the following after the words "final decision" for (i) consistency with the regulations adopting statewide permitting standards for such facilities established by the department of energy resources pursuant to section 21 of chapter 25A (ii) reasonable application of any more stringent municipal requirements.. If the local government’s decision is found to be inconsistent with the regulatory standards established by the department of energy resources or unreasonable.”