Remember when I wrote this about homeowner’s rules getting in the way of energy efficiency? It seems that Janet Cowell in the N.C. Senate and Susan Fisher and Pricy Harrison in the N.C. House have the same idea. They have a bill moving through the General Assembly to allow this to happen.
S.670 and H.1187 would make local restrictions on solar panels, clotheslines, or other “energy devices based on renewable resources” null and void. While some may think that solar panels or clotheslines might hurt home values, I think they would benefit a neighborhood. After all, who wouldn’t want to live in a smart neighborhood?
People can talk all they want about ending this country’s energy dependence. Eventually you have to actually do something. This bill gives North Carolinians the freedom to act.