County pauses solar approvals while staff aligns local permitting with state distributed‑generation rules
Staff told commissioners that state changes created a distributed‑generation CPCN and new siting standards; planning and zoning have put a temporary internal hold on approvals while staff updates procedures and may request a formal moratorium if local processes cannot be updated quickly.
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Lee told commissioners that amendments at the state level created a distributed generation CPCN (DG CPCN) with siting standards that local jurisdictions must review. He said county planning and zoning staff are being educated and asked to update procedures so projects that meet state siting standards can be treated as permitted uses under local code. While staff works through that alignment, they have placed an internal temporary hold on approvals and reviews for pending solar projects.
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