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Rep. John Gannon proposes city cost-benefit reviews of rooftop/parking solar ahead of siting large energy facilities
Summary
Representative John Gannon introduced RS 3257 C1, which would require cities to require a cost-benefit analysis of rooftop and parking-lot solar when approving certain new buildings; committee discussion linked the measure to pressure from data centers and large energy projects and the motion to return the RS to sponsor was adopted.
Representative John Gannon, R-Boise, presented RS 3257 C1 as a local planning measure designed to prompt cities to analyze rooftop and parking-lot solar options before permitting projects that consume large amounts of electricity or otherwise pressure farmland conversion for energy projects.
"If you want farmland, and we all do, then this legislation along with some of the other pieces that we will bring in before the committee, maybe ways that…
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