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Committee keeps streamlined solar permitting and EV‑charging carve‑out but rejects amendment to remove EIE carve‑out
Summary
House Bill 5036 to streamline residential solar permitting and enable EV charging advanced after committee debate. Members debated and voted down an amendment that would have removed Section 2, which limits environmental impact evaluations (EIE) for certain state‑funded charging and solar projects; supporters said the carve‑out reduces soft costs and speeds deployment, while opponents said the EIE is important for environmental protections.
House Bill 5036 aims to streamline residential solar permitting and energy infrastructure to reduce soft costs that slow rooftop solar and EV charging deployment. Representative Winter and others emphasized that simplified, centralized permitting can lower installation costs and accelerate clean-energy deployment; supporters referenced examples in other jurisdictions that reduced time and expense by using a single permitting…
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