DOB discusses financial barriers and solar permit fees

Second round of questions on this.

Has DEP found, has DOB found that those buildings looking to install solar panels are facing financial barriers due to permitting costs?

First time I'm reading the question, too.

As DOB found that those buildings looking to install solar panels are facing financial barriers due to permitting costs.

Well, the permitting costs are up to $250, right?

So the $250 is, oh, sorry.

My name is Wendy Wan.

I'm the Borough Commissioner for Central Development Programs at DOB.

Speak a little louder, please.

Yes.

My name is Wendy Wan.

I'm the Borough Commissioner at Central Development Programs at DOB.

All solar filings for just the solar panel installation comes through my shop.

So in terms of the $250, that's for the crane permit.

The actual permit fee for the solar panel installation can vary depending on the size and the amount of power that is produced by the solar panels.

So that is...

Oh, yeah.

So what kind of money are we talking about for that?

Let me check my notes.

Because the way it works, I'm a novice at this, but so DOB has to license the crane, and depending upon what kind of...

solar installation you're doing and the scope of it and then you know and how much energy it's going to generate that's another fee right that's right so the

crane would be considered part of the construction equipment permit application then the actual planning of the solar panels are its own filings for that installation that usually comes with

the construction work to put the panels onto the roof so just as a sidebar we haven't seen too many situations where solar panels require

cranes to be installed usually they're right but I'm kind of getting that now what I'm getting at now is what would

an entity that wants to do this have to pay the department in terms of a permit or fee or whatever for the actual solar panel itself?