City brings back permit fees for solar installations

By Alan Yonan Jr.

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 08, 2013

~~<p>The city will be able to hire more building inspectors with revenue that will come from restoring building permit fees for solar photovoltaic installations that have been waived for the last six years, Mayor Kirk Caldwell said Thursday.</p>
<p>The lost revenue was relatively insignificant when the city began waiving the fee in 2007 as a way to encourage homeowners and businesses to install PV systems. However, the amount has risen sharply in recent years with the explosion of PV installations, and city officials estimate lost fees for fiscal year 2013 will reach about $14 million.</p>
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The city will be able to hire more building inspectors with revenue that will come from restoring building permit fees for solar photovoltaic installations that have been waived for the last six years, Mayor Kirk Caldwell said Thursday.

The lost revenue was relatively insignificant when the city began waiving the fee in 2007 as a way to encourage homeowners and businesses to install PV systems. However, the amount has risen sharply in recent years with the explosion of PV installations, and city officials estimate lost fees for fiscal year 2013 will reach about $14 million. Login for more...