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Commissioners approve solar farm ordinance revisions requiring local licensed agent and two permits
Summary
County Administrator Bryan Rogers proposed and the board approved revisions to the solar farm ordinance that require a local agent who is a licensed engineer or licensed industrial electrician and split permitting into a construction permit and a separate operations permit before generation.
County Administrator Bryan Rogers told the board that the county's solar farm ordinance would be revised to require a local agent who resides in Laurens County and is either a licensed engineer or licensed industrial electrician. He also said the permitting process would be split into two permits: one for construction and another operations permit to be obtained after construction but before the facility generates electricity. Commissioner Trae Kemp moved to approve the revisions; Commissioner Brenda Chain seconded and the motion passed.
The transcript records the policy changes the board approved but does not include ordinance text, adoption dates, or details about enforcement or application fees. The revisions change permitting procedure and add a local-agent requirement; implementation steps were not recorded in the meeting transcript.
