Howard County Executive Calvin Ball Unveils the County has Achieved Platinum Status for its Transformational Solar Leadership from SolSmart

Led by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, SolSmart is a national program that helps cities, towns, counties, and regional organizations become solar energy leaders. SolSmart provides no-cost technical assistance to assist local governments in following the best national practices to expand solar energy use in their jurisdictions. In turn, SolSmart recognizes and celebrates these communities with its Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze designations.

To date, 570 local governments in 44 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico have achieved a SolSmart designation. Howard County is just the eighth local government in the nation to earn SolSmart’s Platinum designation.