Solar permitting — Greenville County, South Carolina
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⛔ ACTIVE MORATORIUM — Active Moratorium; moratorium expires —confirm expiration with county planning. Permitting: CUP via Greenville County Planning Commission; 200-ft max / 75-ft min setbacks. Track record: denial on record — Greer Solar (30 MW, 2022, denied — too close to residential subdivision p
Key driver: Greenville's C grade reflects the structural constraint of being SC's most urbanized county; suburban buildout limits utility-scale parcels; moderate-high compliance score (50) driven by UDO CUP process and council discretion; trajectory worsening as population growth (+2.8%) accelerates suburban land conversion; saturation moderate given limited viable sites
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
CUP via Greenville County Planning Commission; County Council approval for >5 MW; UDO Ch. 22 Energy Facilities provisions apply
Setbacks & buffers
200 ft from residential structures; 100 ft from road ROW; 75 ft from property lines; additional screening/vegetative buffer required
Spacing requirements
Not specified
Size restrictions
>1 MW requires CUP; county review discretionary
Penalties & bonding
Total penalty: +5 (Denial +5)
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; Duke Energy Carolinas
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