
State’s Public Utility Law Preempted Local Zoning and Planning Requirements for Siting Solar Energy
The article is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. Where to site a solar energy facility properly remains an ongoing struggle in Maryland. Many have concerns these facilities will take productive agricultural land out of production, or that neighbors may not want the new facility moving in next door. In Perennial Solar, the Maryland Court of Special ruled that a solar energy generating system such as a solar energy farm falls under