Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Modifies the notice requirement under GS 143-215.119 so that an applicant for a proposed wind energy facility/wind energy facility expansion now has to notify all described property owners within one mile of any property boundary of the facility (was, 20 miles). Requires the applicant to provide notice, as described, to each county board of commissioners and the governing body of each municipality within 20 miles of the proposed facility. Changes the Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) requirement to publish notice of hearing on the facility for counties outside the proposed facility to require publication in a newspaper of general circulation in any counties within 20 miles of any property boundary of the facility (was, counties bordering the county where the facility will be located). Requires DEQ to also provide written notice of the hearing, as specified, to the governing bodies of each municipality located within 20 miles of the proposed facility. Instructs, in GS 143-215.121.1, that the addition of a light-mitigating technology system to an existing wind energy permit does not require any amendments, revisions, or modifications of any existing wind energy facility permit or any additional permit from DEQ. Requires the permit holder to notify DEQ and to pay a registration fee of $25.