Ordinance 861 was approved on third and final reading, creating Chapter 13.40.150 to implement a solar access permit system in Wheatland. It establishes procedures for solar rights, application requirements, publication and notification, review by the Public Works Utilities Director, and integration with the town’s adopted net metering standards and electrical inspection checklist. This ordinance indicates the town is formalizing processes to support rooftop solar and customer generation tied to the Wheatland electrical system. Vendors in distributed energy, permitting software, inspection tools, and customer-side interconnection solutions can help the town and local installers manage applications, engineering calculations, record-keeping, and compliance workflows now that the regulatory framework is in place.

The ordinance references a System Diagram, Net Metering Standards, and an Electrical Inspection and ...