Using the Executive Summary to quickly assess environmental risks, permits, and financial incentives for your project.
The Executive Summary provides a clear picture of a project's environmental risks, permits, and financial incentives. This knowledge saves valuable time by streamlining decision-making and avoiding potential roadblocks during project execution.
The Executive Summary is broken down into the following sections:
- Report Map
- Expert Review Status
- Parcel Details & Solar Pulse
- Concern Assessment
- Permits
- Financial Incentives
Report Map
Once a report is run, the generated map highlights your designated Area of Interest. This highlights any potential concerns that are found within the project boundaries and buffer. To view additional layers, simply click any checkbox within the Map Layers widget to view it on the Map. These custom Maps can be saved and included in your PDF export. From this page, you can also create a Buildable Area from this page--click here to learn more.
Only Catalog Items found within the AOI will be available after the report is generated. If a Catalog Item is unavailable, it was not found within the project boundaries.
Expert Review Status
At the top of the Executive Summary, you will find the status of the Expert Review requested for your report. Transect's Expert Reviews verify the species' habitat characteristics, regulations and permits, and concern level conclusions made in a report. Details of an Expert Review are added directly to an Executive Summary.
To see what changes were made to your report, navigate to Supporting Docs & Resources > Essentials > Status. This will show any changes made to report fields with corresponding timestamps.
The following notifications will be shown at the top of the Executive Summary, depending on the status of your Expert Review:
- Pending:
- Complete:
- Not Requested:
Parcel Details & Solar Pulse
There are 4 boxes at the top of the Executive Summary that showcase important information about the Area of Interest:
- AOI Summary: Provides the acreage for the AOI, including how many parcels are included within the project boundaries. If the Buildable Area has been created, it will also be shown here.
- Solar Pulse: Highlights the solar sentiment (positive, negative, neutral) and moratoriums based on relevant articles and information in the area.
- Nearest Transmission Line: Shows the closest transmission line and substation in miles.
- Ownership: Indicates the ownership associated with the Area of Interest, including which owner owns the largest acreage.
Concern Assessment
The Concern Assessment quickly identifies potential environmental hurdles for your project. It analyzes four key areas: Species (state and federal listings), Waters, Protected Areas, and Environmental Compliance. Each area has a designated concern level, highlighting resources that could significantly impact project success. This assessment is based on relevant federal, state, and local regulations.
The Concern Levels are defined as:
- Low (green): There is a low risk that these resources will affect the project footprint, timeline, or budget.
- Moderate (orange): There is a moderate risk that these resources will affect the project footprint, timeline, or budget.
- High (red): There is a high risk that these resources will affect the project footprint, timeline, or budget.
Within each Concern Assessment, there will also be the following information:
- A summary count of the active regulations, permits, and recommendations related to each topic.
- Recommended next steps.
- A snapshot of the data that contributed to the high, medium, or low concern level.
Click Learn More in the bottom left of a Concern Assessment to access more information.
Permits
The Permits section of the Executive Summary indicates the State and Federal permits and regulations that are recommended based on the Concern Assessment. You can click a permit for additional information about the trigger, links, timeline, regulators, and regulations.
After completing your own due diligence, you may determine that some permits may not be required. You can exclude them from the Executive Summary by clicking the 
from the Permit Matrix.
Financial Incentives
The Financial Incentives section allows users to calculate their potential Investment Tax Credit and Production Tax Credit. To get started, click Calculate and complete the Financial Incentives Opportunity questionnaire. The information from the questionnaire will be included in the Executive Summary.
