Primary-source research on every U.S. county. Solar and storage permits, data-center siting signals, state policy, and stakeholder posture. For teams that need the underlying record.
Which counties permit utility-scale solar today, which are trending that way, and which just closed off after a board vote. Every claim links to the source document.
BESS-specific setbacks, fire-marshal review requirements, decommissioning bonds, and recent denials, county by county. Confirm the rules before you option land.
Pair each prospective load with a county that can actually host it. Overlay utility IRP signals, RPS targets, and county-level industrial-use ordinances to shortlist counties where the substation and the board are both willing.
Built for policy teams, advocacy organizations, and state-government analysts. See where state RPS goals actually reach county-level outcomes and where they stall. Where preemption helps, where local control creates resistance, and where the next ordinance fight is brewing.
Quietly research the regulatory environment of the county you live in, own land in, or advise clients on. The same primary-source documents developers see, made available to you. We never sell your searches.
A representative slice from the events catalog, color-coded by direction. SitePath tracks ordinance changes, moratoria, and project decisions sourced from county board minutes and primary government documents. Open the live feed for what's current.
Governor signed HB 711 / SB 347: outright bans on solar ≥1 MW in agricultural, commercial, industrial, or institutional zoning districts are prohibited statewide. Localities must adopt model solar/BESS ordinances by July 1, 2026.
View affected counties →Ordinance on first reading to ban utility-scale solar above 5 acres. Second reading scheduled at the next regular meeting.
Open county →Planning Commission weighing an 18-month moratorium in response to the Jeffrey Energy Center area solar siting activity. Public hearing pending.
Open county →1-year moratorium ended; new ordinance enacted with a 400-acre cap per project and updated setback table. Permitting reopened.
Open county →12-month data-center moratorium enacted, effective May 21, 2026. Applies to new applications during the study period.
Open data-center intel →Convergent Energy BESS fire with hydrogen cyanide detection. Triggering driver behind several proposed setback amendments tracked in the catalog.
Open BESS intel →A national map, source-document research, and continuous monitoring in one place. Built for energy, siting, and policy teams that need the underlying record.
Every U.S. county is scored on compliance stringency, market saturation, board trajectory, and active moratoria. Grades come from primary documents. No surveys, no models.
Each county page shows the ordinance number, the adoption date, and a direct link to the source PDF on the county website. Setbacks, acreage caps, height limits, denied applications: every field traces back to a primary government document.
Add markets to a watchlist and review active moratoria, recent ordinance amendments, and board-meeting items across every saved county in a single feed. Ordinance changes appear in SitePath as soon as the underlying county documents are published.
Every figure on SitePath traces to a county ordinance, board minutes, a state filing, or a utility resource plan. If a value cannot be verified against a primary document, it is not published.
Anyone can quote a state RPS target. SitePath grades the county-by-county permitting record, the layer that decides whether a project clears entitlement. We pair that grade with state RPS and utility IRP signals, so you see permitting depth in context.
Two Mecklenburg counties — one in Virginia, one in North Carolina. Both real, both sourced to primary government documents. Identical names, opposite ends of the risk spectrum.
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