Sec. 2302. Establishment of program to facilitate voluntary streamlined process for local permitting of qualifying distributed energy systems
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with trade associations and other entities representing distributed energy system installers and organizations representing State, local, and Tribal governments engaged in permitting, shall establish and carry out a program to establish a voluntary streamlined permitting process for local permitting and inspection of qualifying distributed energy systems, in concert with relevant national consensus-based codes and specifications and standards referenced therein.
In carrying out the program established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— facilitate the development and maintenance of a streamlined permitting process that includes a national online permitting platform for expediting, standardizing, and streamlining permitting, that authorities having jurisdiction may use to receive, review, and approve permit applications relating to qualifying distributed energy systems; establish a model expedited permit-to-build protocol for qualifying distributed energy systems; provide technical assistance to authorities having jurisdiction on using and adopting— the streamlined permitting process described in paragraph (1); and the model expedited permit-to-build protocol described in paragraph (2); develop and maintain a voluntary national inspection protocol integrated with the national online permitting system described in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)and related tools to expedite, standardize, and streamline the inspection of qualifying distributed energy systems, including— by investigating the potential for using remote inspections; and by investigating the potential for sample-based inspection for distributed energy system installers with a demonstrated track record of high-quality work; and take any other action to expedite, standardize, streamline, or improve the process for permitting, inspecting, or interconnecting qualifying distributed energy systems. The Secretary shall— provide technical assistance to authorities having jurisdiction, any administrator of a national online permitting platform, government software providers, and any other entity determined appropriate by the Secretary in carrying out the activities described in subsection (b); and provide such financial assistance as the Secretary determines appropriate from any funds appropriated to carry out this subtitle.