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Senate committee backs uniform method for solar property assessments to reduce developer uncertainty
Summary
The Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation voted to advance SB 13 29, which establishes a preferred cost-based methodology for assessing utility-scale solar property after a long-standing exemption ends in 2027. Industry groups supported the bill; county assessors warned it could lower local revenues and reduce uniformity.
Senator McNerney introduced SB 13 29 as a measure to create a statewide preferred methodology for assessing utility-scale solar property once the existing solar property tax exclusion sunsets at the end of 2027.
The bill’s author said the change will provide certainty to developers and help California meet its clean-energy goals. "The solar industry is ready to pay our share of property taxes and support our communities where we build," Stephanie Doyle, California director for the Solar Energy Industries Association, told the committee in support of the bill. Industry witnesses asked the committee to prefer a…
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