Section 164:69V - [Effective 3/1/2026] Consolidated permit for a small clean energy generation facility or a small clean energy storage facility(a) The board may issue a consolidated permit for a small clean energy generation facility or a small clean energy storage facility. An owner or proponent of a small clean energy generation facility or a small clean energy storage facility may submit an application to the board to be granted a consolidated permit that shall include all state permits necessary to construct the small clean energy generation facility or small clean energy storage facility. All local government permits and approvals for a small clean energy generation facility or a small clean energy storage facility shall be issued separately pursuant to section 21 of chapter 25A. (b) The board shall establish the same criteria governing the siting and permitting of small clean energy generation facilities and small clean energy storage facilities eligible to submit an application under this section as it is required to establish for large clean energy infrastructure facilities pursuant to subsection (b) of section 69T. An application for a consolidated permit for a small clean energy generation facility or small clean energy storage facility eligible to submit an application under this section shall include the same elements as required for a large clean energy generation facility and a large clean energy storage facility under subsection (d) of said section 69T. Subsections (e) to (g), inclusive, of said section 69T shall apply to the issuance of a consolidated permit to any small clean energy generation facility or small clean energy storage facility under this section. (c) The board shall not take more than 12 months from the determination of application completeness to render a final decision on an application. The board may approve, approve with conditions or reject a permit application. If no final decision is issued within the deadline for the type of small clean energy generation facility or small clean energy storage facility established by the board, the board shall issue a permit granting approval to construct that adopts the common conditions and requirements established by the board in regulation for the type of small clean energy generation facility or small clean energy storage facility under review, which shall be deemed a final decision of the board. A consolidated permit shall be in the form of a composite of all individual permits, approvals or authorizations that would otherwise be necessary for the construction and operation of the small clean energy generation facility or small clean energy storage facility and that portion of the consolidated permit that relates to subject matters within the jurisdiction of a municipal, regional or state agency, authority, board, commission, office or other entity shall be enforced by said agency, authority, board, commission, office or other entity under the other applicable laws of the commonwealth as if the consolidated permit had been directly granted by said agency, authority, board, commission, office or other entity. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, § 164:69V
Added by Acts 2024, c. 239,§ 74, eff. 3/1/2026.