Homeowners fight for ‘solar rights’

solar-lawBy Karen Uhlenhuth | Midwest Energy News

A two-year legal dispute over a solar installation in a St. Louis suburb has prompted the latest legislative effort to clarify the rights of homeowners to go solar.

Frances and James Babb, facing roadblocks from city officials in Clarkson Valley, Missouri, prevailed on Nov. 26 when the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a 2012 judgment in a case brought by the Babbs and the Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association.

The court ruled that while cities may impose some parameters on the installation of solar panels, they cannot prohibit it or make it effectively impossible.

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