Decommissioning plan and bond estimate outline (free)
- Project, owner and site
- Equipment inventory
- Removal sequence and recycling
- Land restoration: topsoil, drain tile, seeding
- Cost estimate and salvage value
- Financial assurance schedule
Community solar and battery developers filing county permits
Which county, and how big is the project?
Free outline of a solar or battery decommissioning plan and bond estimate for a county permit, with Illinois' AIMA schedule as a worked example.
- Free to read
- No sign-up until the draft
- Hands off to the right door
ePlan fills in
- Parcel and acres
- Soils and prime farmland
- Flood zone
- Aerial view
How it works
Decommissioning plan and bond estimate outline, from one answer
- Enter the county, the project size and the equipment list.
- ePlan maps soils and drainage and outlines the removal steps, cost lines and bond schedule.
- Project needs federal review too? Start a NEPA environmental assessment draft.
What you get
Decommissioning plan and bond estimate outline and 2 more documents
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the NEPA environmental assessment door.
Conditional use permit narrative
- Project description
- Ordinance standards and how they're met
- Setbacks, screening and fencing
- Hearing exhibits
NEPA environmental assessment draft
- Purpose and need
- Alternatives
- Affected environment
- Environmental consequences
- Agencies consulted
From public data
What ePlan fills in, and from where
- Parcel and acresRegrid parcel data (county assessor)
- Soils and prime farmlandUSDA NRCS Web Soil Survey (SSURGO)
- Flood zoneFEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
- Aerial viewUSDA NAIP imagery
11 years
after commercial operation, Illinois' standard solar agreement requires financial assurance for 100% of removal cost, after 10% by year one and 50% by year six
Source: Illinois Department of Agriculture, Standard Solar AIMA
Ready for the paperwork?
Draft a NEPA environmental assessment and FONSI, or an EIS outline, that follows a reference document. Free to read; every unconfirmed fact is marked.
Questions
Decommissioning plan and bond estimate outline: what people ask
Who prepares the decommissioning estimate?
Often an engineer. Illinois' standard solar agreement defines the deconstruction plan as one prepared by an Illinois-licensed Professional Engineer at the facility's expense, with the estimated removal cost, equipment counts, original construction cost and salvage value.
When is the bond due?
Under Illinois' standard agreement, the owner gives the county financial assurance for 10% of the estimated removal cost by the first anniversary of commercial operation, 50% by the sixth and 100% by the eleventh, based on a plan updated in year ten.
Can a county ask for more?
Not in Illinois. A county may not require decommissioning standards or financial assurance more restrictive than the Department of Agriculture's standard solar agreement in effect on December 31, 2022, and decommissioning payments follow that agreement.
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Decommissioning plan and bond estimate outline: check it free
Answer it and ePlan opens the NEPA environmental assessment door, which drafts the paperwork.