Solar Permit Services: Your Guide to DIY Solar Permits
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The approval process for a solar energy project involves several basic steps. First, a permit application is submitted for review by a local permitting agency, known as the “enforcing agency.” Typically, the contractor installing the solar energy system will submit the permit on behalf of the building owner.
A universal truth in the construction industry is that the permit process is unnecessarily complicated and confusing. This is partly because there's no uniform permitting experience, and partly because permit requirements always depend on your unique project and jurisdiction. Here are a few ways you can streamline the solar permitting process:
Furthermore, rooftop solar does not require the environmental permitting that is often necessary for ground-mounted installations. The approval process for a solar energy project involves several basic steps. First, a permit application is submitted for review by a local permitting agency, known as the “enforcing agency.”
SolSmart's Standardized Solar Permit Application Form While requiring a single application form under existing permitting processes represents an improvement over requiring both a building and electrical permit, it may still be more time consuming to complete, review, and approve permits via a process not specifically designed for solar.
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