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Solar permitting — Washington County, Utah

FIPS 49053

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Washington County, UT
Risk score 25/100 · Full scorecard →
Compliance: LowNo local solar ordinanceTrajectory: ImprovingSaturation: Low

✅ LOW RISK (Score 32/100, Grade A, improving trajectory) — Highest solar saturation risk in Utah due to rapid growth and strong adoption; low compliance; improving traje. Permitting: Administrative for residential. Track record: no prior utility-scale solar on record — greenfield jurisdiction; no…

Key driver: Highest solar saturation risk in Utah due to rapid growth and strong adoption; low compliance; improving trajectory; near-term constraint is transmission and grid capacity in fast-growing service territory

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

Administrative for residential; CUP for utility-scale; county supportive

Setbacks & buffers

None codified statewide. County CUP conditions set site-specific requirements.

Spacing requirements

No spacing requirements codified

Size restrictions

None formal; grid capacity emerging constraint

Penalties & bonding

No penalties or adjustments. Standard CUP/SUP process.

State-level permits & approvals

ESSA for >50 MW

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State policy & grid context

State RPS & clean energy policy

No binding RPS — voluntary 20% by 2025 | Energy Resource and Carbon Emission Reduction Initiative (SB 202, 2008) | Utah Code §54-17-601

State incentive programs

Utah Renewable Energy Systems Tax Credit; net metering

Grid & interconnection

Rocky Mountain Power (PacifiCorp) — West Control Area; Dixie REA (substantial coverage)

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Community opposition P1

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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1

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State PSC dockets P1

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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 2026-07-07. See the county risk scorecard or the full Utah permitting index.