Wyoming Solar Rights

Wyoming law treats the beneficial use of solar energy as a property right, so your solar panels are protected against others blocking sunlight from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. To establish that right you need to get a solar permit from your local government, and local governments generally cannot ban solar collectors except for public health and safety reasons.

Wyoming's Solar Rights Act (1981) lets your residential PV customers secure a protected property right to sunlight, but only if they obtain a permit from their local government first. The protection covers 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, and interference outside those hours is not compensable, so factor this into system siting advice. Local governments may not prohibit solar collectors except for public health and safety reasons.

This is a solar access policy under the 1981 Wyoming Solar Rights Act, which defines the beneficial use of solar energy as a property right protected from sunlight interference from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Enforcement is delegated to local governments, which must set up a permit system, and a permit is required to establish the solar right. Local governments may voluntarily encourage solar through land-use regulations but cannot bar solar collectors except for public health and safety; the policy involves no direct funding and targets residential solar PV owners.