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—7— AB 2188 1 application to install a solar energy system shall be limited to the 2 building official's review of whether,it meets all health and safety 3 requirements of local, state, and federal law. The requirements of 4 local law shall be limited to those standards and regulations 5 necessary to ensure that the solar energy system will not have a 6 specific,adverse impact upon the public health or safety. However, 7 if the building official of the city or county makes a finding, based 8 on substantial evidence, that the solar energy system could have 9 a specific, adverse impact upon the public health and safety, the 10 city or county may require the applicant to apply for a use permit. 11 (c) A city, county, or city and county may not deny an 12 application for a use permit to install a solar energy system unless 13 it makes written findings based upon substantial evidence in the 14 record that the proposed installation would have a specific,adverse 15 impact upon the public health or safety, and there is no feasible 16 method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse 17 impact. The findings shall include the basis for the rejection of 18 potential feasible alternatives of preventing the adverse impact. 19 (d) The decision of the building official pursuant to subdivisions 20 (b) and (c) may be appealed to the planning commission of the 21 city, county, or city and county. 22 (e) Any conditions imposed on an application to install a solar 23 energy system shall be designed to mitigate the specific, adverse 24 impact upon the public health and safety at the lowest cost possible. 25 (f) (1) A solar energy system shall meet applicable health and 26 safety standards and requirements imposed by state and local 27 permitting authorities. 28 (2) Every solar energy system for heating water shall be certified 29 by an accredited listing agency. 30 (3) A solar energy system for producing electricity shall meet 31 all applicable safety and performance standards established by the 32 National Electrical Code,the Institute of Electrical and Electronics 33 Engineers,and accredited testing laboratories such as Underwriters 34 Laboratories and, where applicable, rules of the Public Utilities 35 Commission regarding safety and reliability. 36 (g) (1) On or before September 30, 2015, every city, county, 37 or city and county, in consultation with the local fire department 38 or district and the utility director, if the city, county, or city and 39 county operates a utility, shall adopt an ordinance,consistent with 40 the goals and intent of subdivision (a), that creates an expedited, 94