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Solar permitting — Georgetown County, South Carolina

FIPS 45043

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Georgetown County, SC
Risk score 43.2/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: ModerateSolar ordinance on fileTrajectory: StableSaturation: Low-Moderate

⛔ ACTIVE MORATORIUM — Active Moratorium; moratorium expires —confirm expiration with county planning. Permitting: CUP via Georgetown County Planning Commission. Track record: Andrews Solar (~35 MW, 2021, Santee Cooper PPA); Hemingway-Georgetown Solar (~40 MW, 2022); Georgetown Solar (. Political env

Key driver: Coastal SC county with timber/industrial heritage that offsets coastal regulatory complexity; moderate compliance score reflects CUP requirement and OCRM coordination; three approved projects demonstrate viable pathway; Winyah Bay area slightly elevates risk versus pure inland rural counties

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

CUP via Georgetown County Planning Commission; County Council approval; OCRM coordination for coastal-proximate parcels

Setbacks & buffers

Per CUP conditions; coastal zone restrictions near coast.

Spacing requirements

Not specified

Size restrictions

None codified; managed via CUP/SUP conditions

Penalties & bonding

Total penalty: +28 | Active moratorium: +28

State-level permits & approvals

County zoning authority; no state solar preemption; special exception or conditional use permit typically required for utility-scale (>1 MW); decommissioning bond increasingly required

State policy & grid context

State RPS & clean energy policy

No binding RPS | None | Energy Freedom Act (2019) addresses solar but no state RPS

State incentive programs

Federal ITC eligible; SC state income tax credit for solar (25% up to $35,000 for commercial); SC Energy Freedom Act net metering provisions

Grid & interconnection

SERC-SE; Dominion Energy South Carolina; Santee Cooper

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Data sources: public agendas/minutes from local government sites; PSC dockets from state regulators; news from GDELT and curated RSS; sentiment derived from public meeting transcripts. Last refreshed 2026-06-10. See the county risk scorecard or the full South Carolina permitting index.