Committee backs tracking system for electrical permits to gauge town installations
Summary
Members urged development of a tracking system for electrical permits to identify solar and heat-pump installations in Harwich municipal buildings and to better understand local deployment.
Committee members reviewed a section of the comprehensive plan that recommends developing a tracking system for electrical permits to monitor installation of technologies such as rooftop solar and heat pumps. "Develop, a tracking system for electrical permits for installation of, these technologies, like heat pumps or solar," S2 read aloud, and members discussed that the town currently lacks a simple way to count local installations.
Speakers said the tracking system would help prioritize municipal upgrades, identify where HVAC units are aging, and guide grant applications. The proposal discussed is limited to municipal permitting and would not automatically capture private residential installations unless homeowners or contractors file the same permits; the committee discussed working with the building/town office and the grant writer to scope the tool.
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