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Subcommittee approves requirement for financial assurance before solar facilities begin operation
Summary
The Georgia House Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications Subcommittee voted to advance a committee substitute that requires evidence of financial assurance to cover decommissioning of utility-scale solar facilities before they begin operation.
The House Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications Subcommittee voted to approve a committee substitute for House Bill 249 (LC 550584S) requiring applicants for solar facilities to provide evidence of financial assurance before operations begin.
The measure, presented by Chairman Dickey, directs the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to require documentation that developers have a financial instrument or other means to decommission and restore land when a solar installation reaches the end of its useful life. "I just…
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