Cities Cut Solar Panel Fees
Inside Bay Area reports that 13 cities in California’s San Mateo County have reduced their solar-panel permit fees after pressure from citizens and environmental activists. Concerned that high fees deter the switch to solar power, activists got the cities to reconsider their fees, which were upwards of $1,200 per solar-panel application.
The fees were equivalent to the cost of the cities reviewing an entire addition on a home. San Mateo cut fees from $1,229 to $219, while San Carlos eliminated the fee altogether.
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