Brigham City moved to tighten control over large-scale solar development on June 5, extending a pause on new applications and enacting a temporary ban on commercial solar installations while city codes are updated. The council unanimously approved a resolution extending its existing moratorium on new solar applications for six months. The original pause, adopted in February, was intended to give city staff time to revise policies and engineering standards for solar interconnection with the city-owned electric grid. In a related action, the council passed an ordinance establishing a temporary land use regulation under Utah law that prohibits new commercial solar...

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