East Pittsburgh Borough, Allegheny County

"A. Discontinuation and/or abandonment is presumed when a solar PV system has been disconnected from the net metering grid for a period of six continuous months without being connected to a battery system or has not produced electricity for a period of six months. The burden of proof in the presumption of discontinuation/abandonment shall be upon the municipality. B. A solar PV system, including its solar PV-related equipment, must be removed within 12 months of the date of discontinuation and/or abandonment or upon termination of the useful life of the solar PV system. C. For ground-mounted and building-mounted systems, removal includes removal of all structural and electrical parts of the ground- or building-mounted system and any associated facilities or equipment and removal of all net metering equipment." See "Financial assurance..." for further information.