Public Service Commission Rulemaking Hearing
The hearing addressed the proposed Rulemaking 97 regarding the Distributed Generation Community Project Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. Key discussion topics included the potential inclusion of agrivoltaics, battery energy storage, and brownfields into the expedited project siting and design process. The commission and stakeholders explored the need for standardized county review procedures, the balance of power between developers and local government entities, and the exclusion of collocation issues from this specific proceeding. Additionally, the discussion covered the feasibility of piloting standard application and licensing conditions, addressing visual impacts of solar projects, and establishing clearer guidelines for county involvement in the project approval process.