A bill putting restrictions and more requirements on commercial solar energy operators in Oklahoma will be considered this week by members of the Oklahoma House Energy Committee.
HB1373 by Rep. Brad Boles, Marlow, and Sen. Grant Green, Wellston, would create theCommercial Solar Facility Decommissioning Act.
“A person who is harmed by a violation of the Commercial
Solar Facility Decommissioning Act is entitled to appropriate
injunctive relief to prevent further violation of the act,” stated the bill which is designed to ensure protection and rights for the landowner.
Solar Facility Decommissioning Act is entitled to appropriate
injunctive relief to prevent further violation of the act,” stated the bill which is designed to ensure protection and rights for the landowner.
It says a solar power facility agreement would make sure the operator would be responsible for removing the solar power facilities from the landowner’s property when such an operation is decommissioned.
Further, the solar operator would “clear, clean, and remove from the property each solar energy device, transformer, and substation” and also remove the foundations for such devices “to a depth of at least three feet.”
The bill also calls for the filling of holes with the same type of soil found on the property.
Another bill by Rep. Boles, HB1375, would have the corporation commission conduct a study on nuclear energy generation in the state.
The agenda of the committee meeting is listed below:
