Connecticut Rooftop Solar PV Permitting Guide Connecticut Rooftop Solar PV Permitting Guide Published May 1, 2014 Connecticut Rooftop Solar PV Permitting Guide 2 U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative Rooftop Solar Challenge Round II ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DISCLAIMERS This material is based upon work supported The views and opinions of authors expressed by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot herein do not necessarily state or reflect those Initiative Rooftop Solar Challenge under of the United States Government or any award number DE-EE0005688 issued to the agency thereof. Sun Rise New England - Open for Business team, led by Connecticut’s Clean Energy The material provided in this Guide is not Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA) intended to replace or supplant existing state and work supported by the U.S. Department or federal codes or regulations. 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Reference http://energy.gov/eere/sunshot/sunshot-initiative herein to any specific commercial product, For more information on the Rooftop Solar process, or service by trade name, trademark, Challenge, see: manufacturer, or otherwise does not http://www.eere.energy.gov/solarchallenge/ necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. 5.1.2014 Connecticut Rooftop Solar PV Permitting Guide 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENT – PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS Connecticut’s Clean Energy Finance and Milford: Thomas Ivers, Jocelyn Mathiasen, Investment Authority (CEFIA) gratefully Steve Fournier, David Sulkis, Benjamin G. Blake acknowledges the organizations and Stamford: Nancy Pipicelli, Todd Dumais, Norman Cole, individuals that contributed their valuable Robert DeMarco, Michael Pavia, Karen Cammarota time, work and support to Connecticut’s participation in Round I of the SunShot West Hartford: Tim MiKloiche, Catherine Diviney, Brian Initiative Rooftop Solar Challenge (RSC), Pudlik, Milagros T. Limson, Ron Van Winkle, Pat Alair, the “Sun Rise New England – Open for Mark McGovern, Todd Dumais, Mary Ann Basile Business” project. CEFIA also thanks our New Haven: John DeStefano, Jr., Giovanni Zinn, collaborators and the contributors to our Robert Smuts, Christine Tang, Jennifer Pugh, RSC Round II efforts – the “New England Andrew Rizzo, Karyn Gilvarg Solar Cost-Reduction Partnership,” Canton: Jerome Shea a regional effort led by the Clean Energy States Alliance. For more information about Mansfield: Linda Painter, Matthew Hart Connecticut’s participation in RSC Round I, Westport: Steve Smith, David Mann, Kevin Green please download the Final Project Report from Norwalk: Sal Cenatiempo the website, www.energizect.com/sunrisene. Bristol: Fred Mertz First, a big thank you to the following Connecticut Lebanon: John Bendoraitis municipalities: Plymouth: Margus Laan Bridgeport: Bill Finch, Ted Grabarz, Bieu Tran, Enfield: Melissa Everett and Rachel Blatt Adam Wood, Peter Paajanen, Denis Bunkley Haddam: Melissa Schlag, Ed Schwing Cornwall: Gordon Ridgway, Joyce Hart, Paul Prindle, Karen Nelson, Katherine Freygang CEFIA thanks the following solar PV installers: Coventry: John Elsesser, Joseph Callahan, Bridget Tanganelli, Eric Trott Aegis Solar Energy: Chris Lenda, Elliott Hitchcock Danbury: Mark D. Boughton, Rick Palanzo, Wayne AllGreen IT LLC: Peter Stevenson Shepperd, Sue Kaminski, Dennis Elpern, Sean Hearty, American Solar & Alternative Power: Jerry Charlup, Leo Null Elliott Isban Fairfield: Michael Tetreau, Ed Boman, Jennifer Astrum Solar Inc.: Michael Brooks, Michelle Waldgeir Carpenter, James Gilleran, Joe Devonshuk, Nancy Fray Befree Solar: Harsh Luthra, Kapil Luthra Greenwich: Denise Savageau, Peter J. Tesei, William Marr, Katie Blankley, Diane Fox, Aamina Ahmad C-TEC Solar: Mickey Toro Hampton: Allan Cahill, Liz Stillman, John Berard, CT Electrical Services: Bruce Angeloszek Martha Fraenkel CED Green Tech: Erik Anderson Manchester: Brian Wolverton, Mark Pellegrini, Jim Roy, DCS Energy: Craig Bradway James Davis, Greg Smith, Ben Migliorati Elektron Solar: Tony Eason Middletown: Ron Klattenberg, Dean Lisitano, Encon: Nathan Roumanis, Glenn Cucinelli, Aaron Golub Richard DeMaio, Bob Young, Bob Dobmeier, John Hall, Bill Warner Harness The Sun LLC: Emil Thomen 5.1.2014 Connecticut Rooftop Solar PV Permitting Guide 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENT – PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS Continued JD Solar Solutions LLC: Jodi Dean Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA): Warren Leon, Lenz Electric: Chris Harrington Nate Hausman, Maria Blais Costello, Anthony Vargo The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Litchfield Hills Solar, LLC: James LaPorta, Ray Furse Authority (CEFIA), the CEFIA Board of Directors and Mercury Solar Systems: Brendan Rafferty Connecticut Innovations (CI): Bryan Garcia (CEFIA Northeast Smart Energy LLC: Dwayne Escola President and CEO), Mackey Dykes, Dale Hedman, Bob Wall, David Goldberg, Isabelle Hazlewood (CT Rooftop PurePoint Energy LLC: Chris Lobdell, Tom Wemyss Solar Challenge Round II Project Manager), Selya Price PV Squared: Susan Begin, Bill Stillinger, Adam Thurrell (CT Rooftop Solar Challenge Round I Project Manager), Real Goods Solar: Tonya Morgan, Gordon Schies, Bill Colonis, Maria Leonardi, Joe Buonannata, Brian Amy Bowman Farnen, Loyola French, George Bellas, Joseph Landry, Alex Kovtunenko, Brent Packer, Lucy Charpentier, Kim Renewable Resources Energy Solutions: Stevenson, John Murphy, Joseph Teng, Amanda White, Thomas Loredo, Jim Bamman Andrea Janecko, Robert Schmitt, Joe Casparino, Kim Ross Solar Group: Jason Ross, Joshua Ross, Peretto, Benjamin Healey, Alexandra Lieberman, Bert David Disalvo, Tim Sadler Hunter, Fiona Stewart, Kerry O’Neill, Edward Kranich, Shippee Solar and Construction LLC: Tom Shippee Neil McCarthy, Mary Vigil, Lynne Lewis, Rick Ross, Jessica Bailey, Genevieve Sherman, Dave Ljungquist, SolarCity: Shaun Chapman, Alicia DeMaio Cheryl Samuels, Andrew Brydges, Gladys Rivera, Sunlight Solar Energy, Inc.: Annalisa Paltauf, John D’Agostino, Madeline Priest, Will McCalpin, Dan Britton, Rachel Oxman, Zak Poston Gina Perusse, Irene Turker, Deb Santy, Claire Leonardi, Trinity Solar: Michael Mazzamurro, Bill Condit Barbara Lesh, Suzanne Kaswan, Matthew Ranelli. Waldo Renewable Electric, LLC: Rebecca Waldo Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP): Teddi Ezzo, Walter Murray, Katie Dykes, Tracy Babbidge, Lynn Stoddard, CEFIA thanks the following individuals and Mark Quinlan, Jaimeson Sinclair, Bea Milne, Kim Walford organizations: Connecticut Office of Policy & Management: CEFIA gratefully acknowledges Governor Dannel P. Tyler J. Kleykamp Malloy and the Connecticut Congressional Delegation Connecticut Office of the State Building Inspector: for supporting Connecticut’s participation in Rounds I Joseph Cassidy, Daniel Tierney and II of the Rooftop Solar Challenge project. Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative CEFIA extends a special thank you to Rooftop Solar Research: Kevin McCarthy Challenge Round I project editors, Victoria Stahl and Michael Phillips, who worked with tireless dedication Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources1: and creativity to write, edit, conduct research, analyze, Meg Lusardi, Emma Krause, Dwayne Breger, design, and create forms, graphics and formatting to Kara Sergeant, Sarah Cassanego, Natalie Andrews make this Guide as useful and user-friendly as possible. Massachusetts Clean Energy Center: CEFIA gives thanks to Fred Caserta, Dawn Caserta Elizabeth Kennedy and Elena Arone of Caserta Design for the final design Massachusetts Department of Public Safety: and production of the Permitting Guide. Michael Guigli U.S. Department of Energy: Joshua Huneycutt, New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning: Rose Marie Holsing Susan Thorne, Karen Cramton 1 http://www.mass.gov/eea/energy-utilities-clean-tech/renewable-energy/solar/sunshot-rooftop-solar-challenge.html 5.1.2014 Connecticut Rooftop Solar PV Permitting Guide 5 ACKNOWLEDGMENT – PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS Continued Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources: Cadmus: Shawn Shaw, Glenn Burt Danny Musher, Sue AnderBois, Peter Aranha Tartsinis Law Office LLC: Despina Tartsinis Commerce Rhode Island: Shauna Beland, Capital Region Council of Governments (CRCOG): Hannah Morini Pauline Yoder Vermont Department of Public Service: New England Governors’ Conference Inc.