Senate Bill 983 Printer's Number 1125

PENNSYLVANIA, August 27 - receipt of the application unless, by written order providing

reasons, the 30-day consideration period is extended, which

may not exceed 30 additional days. The commission may not

extend the 30-day period more than once.

(3) Within 180 days of the effective date of this

paragraph, the commission shall establish a process by which

an owner or operator of a proposed commercial/industrial

rooftop solar project may petition for reconsideration of a

rejected application.

(j) Required wages and employee benefits.--

(1) No less than the prevailing minimum wages and

employee benefits as would be applicable to a project of

public work under the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987,

No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, shall

be paid to each workman employed on a commercial/industrial

rooftop solar project if the following apply after the

effective date of this paragraph:

(i) the project has a maximum net output of greater

than one megawatt as measured in alternating current;

(ii) the project exports electricity to the EDC; and

(iii) the project receives compensation under the

Commercial/Industrial Rooftop Solar Program.

(2) As used in this section, the terms "public work" and

"workman" shall be as defined in section 2(5) and (7) of the

Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act.

(k) Right of project.--An owner of a net metered solar

energy project that is located or is to be located on a

commercial/industrial rooftop and that has paid a deposit to an

electric distribution company, has entered into an executed

interconnection agreement with the electric distribution company

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