Solar energy facilities; prevailing wage & apprenticeship requirements, state & local tax exemption.

Solar energy facilities; prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements; state and local tax exemption; report; civil penalties. Requires each solar developer, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. The bill requires each solar d…

Source: OpenStates · fetched February 13, 2026

• W-2 worker (non-union)directModerate impactHigh certainty

  Requires solar developers and their contractors to pay prevailing wage rates to mechanics, laborers, and workers employed for construction, maintenance, or repair of certain electricity generating sources.

  “Requires each solar developer, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources.”· Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements