Environmental Law

Securing Solar Energy Sites: Overcoming Challenges in Land Use, Zoning, and Easements

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Florida CLE Approved 2 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Iowa CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
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Indiana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
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Maine CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.8 Total
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Montana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1.5 Total
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Ohio CLE Approved 1.5 Total
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Oregon CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Texas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Utah CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.8 Total
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1 hours 25 minutes
Newton Galloway
With Newton Galloway from Galloway & Lyndall, LLP
Recorded January 16, 2025
Product ID 99582

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Overview

Understanding Solar From Multiple Legal Standpoints

Are roadblocks in renewable energy getting you down? Do zoning restrictions keep you up at night? Optimize your approach to solar energy with this informative course. Navigate and overcome hurdles relating to zoning restrictions on renewable energy structures, easements, managing project timelines, and land use permits. Register today!

  • Learn effective methods for overcoming energy-related zoning hurdles.
  • Review recent rulings on renewable energy policies and how they affect different locales.
  • Compare different ways of regulating how sites are positioned and managed around communities.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Contract Issues and Setback Ordinances
  2. Methods for State vs. Local Control Over Energy Sites
  3. Common Zoning Challenges: Offshore, Farmland, Cities, and Suburban Areas
  4. Public and Private Easements Across Sites
  5. Environmental Considerations
  6. Recent Solar Energy Case Law

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Product ID 99582

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 1.5 Total
California CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 2 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Florida CLE Approved 2 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Iowa CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Kansas CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Maine CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Montana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New York CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 2 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Texas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Utah CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.8 Total
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  1. Securing Solar Energy Sites: Overcoming Challenges in Land Use, Zoning, and Easements

    1. Contract Issues and Setback Ordinances
    2. Methods for State vs. Local Control Over Energy Sites
    3. Common Zoning Challenges: Offshore, Farmland, Cities, and Suburban Areas
    4. Public and Private Easements Across Sites
    5. Environmental Considerations
    6. Recent Solar Energy Case Law

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for attorneys. Paralegals, zoning officials, land use planners, community liaison officers, and environmental consultants may also benefit.

Speakers

Newton Galloway
Newton
Galloway
Galloway & Lyndall, LLP
Speaker bio
Newton Galloway

Newton Galloway

Galloway & Lyndall, LLP
Newton Galloway

is a partner in the firm of Galloway & Lyndall, LLP, where his practice focuses on regulated utilities, zoning and development law, and general commercial litigation. Mr. Galloway earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Mercer University and his J.D. degree from Mercer University. In law school, he was a member of the Mercer Law Review and Moot Court Board. Also during law school, Mr. Galloway was a clerk with the Georgia Department of Law and the law firm of Harris, Watkins, Davis and Chambless in Macon, Georgia. He is a member of the Energy Bar Association, State Bar of Georgia, Federal Communications Bar Association, Griffin Circuit Bar Association and Spalding County Bar Association. Mr. Galloway is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern districts of Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; and the Georgia Court of Appeals.

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