Home solar can cut a family’s electricity bill by more than 80%. Red tape keeps it out of reach.
Slow local permitting and inspections, and slow and expensive utility interconnection, force American families to pay $36,000 for a home solar system that would cost an Australian family less than $10,000. Plug-in solar, which millions of families around the world use to save money, is so burdened by red tape that it is effectively illegal in much of America.
These are not technology problems. They are paperwork problems, and states can fix them.
The savings families are missing
Savings for renters, too
A plug-in solar system is inexpensive and plugs into an existing outlet. It can save a family enough each year to cover one to two months of utility bills.
If plug-in solar were legalized and adoption matched peer countries, more than 14 million American families could save over $10 billion over the life of their systems.
Working on this in your state?
Permit Power does research, education, and advocacy to break down the barriers that keep families from installing home solar and batteries. We are glad to talk through what these policies could look like where you are.