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Energy omnibus could require Frostburg to run new solar‑permitting software by 2027, presenter warns
Summary
Council heard that Maryland’s large Utility Relief omnibus includes a provision requiring counties and municipalities to implement a residential solar permitting and inspection platform by August 2027 — a mandate that may force small towns to upgrade or outsource permitting systems.
A presenter told the Frostburg City Council that a central piece of this year’s energy legislation — the omnibus sometimes referred to in the presentation as the Speaker’s Utility Relief Act — includes a section that would require county and municipal governments to process residential solar permitting and inspect solar and battery storage systems, and to implement a new solar‑permitting software platform by August 2027.
“That solar software platform has to do a variety of things,” the presenter said, describing requirements for tracking…
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