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SheilaT

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1. I live in a state with lots of solar potential,

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sat Oct 3, 2015, 01:34 AM

Oct 2015

New Mexico. I'm honestly surprised our state legislature hasn't passed laws giving our solar rights to outside entities, somewhat the way mineral rights are almost never owned by the actual land owners.

This is a problem of western states. You might own the land your house is on, but you probably don't own the mineral rights below the land. Someone else does. And if they discover gold, or oil, or something else worth exploiting, they can move in, and too bad for you.

I'm reallyy surprised that our state legislatures haven't passed laws about the solar rights above our house. I mean, honestly, if I can think of this, why haven't they?

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The reason people in the SUNSHINE state can't lease [View all] Maraya1969 Oct 2015 OP

I live in a state with lots of solar potential, SheilaT Oct 2015 #1

Kicking this and hoping it gets seen by many more. Maraya1969 Oct 2015 #2

Some information from a group in Oregon. Maraya1969 Oct 2015 #3

Usually people who are bought and paid for don't care about people d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #4