Commissioners debate decommissioning bonds, clawbacks and full removal standards

Commissioners spent substantial time on enforcement and end‑of‑life provisions for solar projects. One commissioner said a meaningful enforcement tool would be a required decommissioning fund deposited before construction so the county could use it if a company defaulted; another recommended clawback provisions to recover costs. "One good piece of leverage we're gonna have over them is they're going to have to put a sum of money for decommissioning in a fund before the projects even start," a commissioner said.