Reporting

The Department shall, on a quarterly basis, determine whether more than 50% of Consolidated Local Permit Applications for Small Clean Energy Infrastructure Facilities processed in the preceding 24-month period throughout the Commonwealth have received Constructive Approval. If more than 50% of applications have been so approved, the Department, Department of Public Utilities, and the Office of Environmental Justice and Equity shall, within six months of the conclusion of the 24-month period, analyze and report on the cause of the high rate of Constructive Approvals by Local Governments and make recommendations to Local Governments, the General Court, and the Governor on how to reduce the number of Constructive Approvals and increase the number of decisions reached by means other than Constructive Approval.