Vermont solar installation: 'installation or repair of … solar … systems' is written directly into § 5501(b) — a residential installation above $10,000 requires the OPR Residential Contractor registration; the electrical work is the DFS electrician license (26 V.S.A. ch. 15, NFPA 70 adopted); no solar-specific credential exists (verified absence in the DFS program list). Every claim sourced and dated.
Residential Contractor registration required above $10,000 (26 V.S.A. § 5501) — 26 V.S.A. § 5501(a) verbatim: 'A person shall register with the Office of Professional Regulation prior to contracting with a homeowner to perform residential construction in exchange for consideration of more than $10,000.00, including labor and materials.' § 5501(b): 'residential construction' means to build, demolish, or alter a residential dwelling unit, or a building or premises with four or fewer residential dwelling units, and includes interior and exterior construction, renovation, and repair; painting; paving; roofing; weatherization; installation or repair of heating, plumbing, solar, electrical, water, or wastewater systems. Registration required as of April 1, 2023 (applications opened December 1, 2022). S-VT-26-5501
No exam-based general-contractor license exists (verified absence) — Neither credential list read 2026-10-05 contains a general-contractor license: the OPR professions list routes plumbers and electricians to the Department of Public Safety's Division of Fire Safety, and the DFS program list (Electrical, Plumbing, Boilers and Pressure Vessels, Gas Certifications, Oil Burner Installers, Sprinkler System Designers I3/I4, T1 Fire Alarm, T2 Chemical Suppression, T3 Fire Sprinklers, T4 Chimney Sweep, T6 Emergency Generators, T8 Domestic Fire Sprinkler) contains no contractor licence. What Vermont added in 2022 is a REGISTRATION (26 V.S.A. ch. 106) that § 5503(a) expressly says 'is not intended to establish standards for professional qualifications or workmanship.' S-VT-FS-LICENSING
Vermont Energy Goals education module (S.220, 2020) for DFS licenses — Division of Fire Safety (electrical and plumbing pages) verbatim: 'In the 2020 Legislative session, (S.220) was signed into law requiring many trade professionals to complete a Vermont Energy Goals Education Module… If you are applying for a new license or certification or renewing an existing license or certification, after July 1, 2021, you are required to complete the educational module.' A completion certificate is submitted with the application. S-VT-FS-ELECTRICAL
02 Which credentials this project can touch
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Residential Contractor (registration — individual or business)