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May 22
🚀 We’re hiring! Permit Power is looking for an Advocacy Director to lead state advocacy campaigns to slash solar soft costs. If you’re passionate about state policy, coalition-building, and making energy cheaper, we want to hear from you. Apply today!
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Kingston, NY, made history as the first jurisdiction in New York to adopt automated solar permitting 🎉
Weeks of delays, cut to minutes. Real savings for real families. This is exactly what affordability-first governance looks like. Huge thanks to Mayor Steve Noble for leading the way and making it happen. ☀️ ⚡
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CT just became the first state in New England with a law to automate permitting for home solar and batteries! Thank you @GovNedLamont! ⚡️☀️
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🎉 The Power Up NJ Act just passed the Assembly Telecom and Utilities Committee! Huge thanks to Chair @WayneDeAngelo and Vice Chair Egan for leading the way. This bill would deliver faster solar hookups, encourage smarter grid planning, lower bills, and create thousands of new jobs. Let's go! ☀️⚡️
@NRDC @votesolar @EnvironmentNJ @EvergreenAction @EnvDefenseFund
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Rhode Island's House just passed automated permitting and inspection reform for home solar and batteries. Thank you to Rep Boylan and the Ocean State Climate Alliance for making it happen ☀️⚡️
The House today voted to approve legislation from Rep. Jennifer Boylan to make solar systems easier and cheaper to install for Rhode Island residents.
“This bill is designed to help Rhode Islanders harness the energy of the sun by reducing the ‘soft costs’ of residential solar permitting and installation,” said Rep. Boylan. “By automating the permitting process for residential and small-scale solar, we can make clean energy more affordable, quicker to implement and removes inconsistencies from town to town. There’s no need to reinvent the wheel here, because the technology to improve the permitting process for everyone from homeowners, contractors and municipalities already exists. We just need to use it.”
More information: rilegislature.gov/pressrelea…
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Permit Power retweeted
ICYMI: Both chambers passed the SUNNY Act legalizing small-scale, plug-in solar. Heads to the governor now
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May 29
The SUNNY Act passed both chambers of the New York legislature! Plug-in solar means lower energy bills within reach for millions of New York families ⚡☀️
Thank you to bill sponsors, @EmilyAssembly and @LizKrueger, and the countless advocates who made this happen! Now, to the Gov's desk!
We did it, y’all. We passed my bill, the SUNNY Act, to bring plug-in solar to NY.
Balcony solar will reduce New Yorkers’ utility bills AND their emissions. It will dramatically expand who has access to the solar economy and strengthen the power of the renewable movement 💪🏼🌞.
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Permit Power retweeted
☀️Proud to vote in favor of @EmilyAssembly‘s #SUNNYAct in the Assembly today!
Once signed into law, New Yorkers will be able to utilize plug-in solar devices, lowering utility costs, reducing emissions and making renewable energy accessible to all.
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May 13
Maryland just signed the Utility RELIEF Act into law. ⚡☀️
Thank you, @GovWesMoore and @fraserfor15, for your support in getting this done! Faster permits. Lower costs. More solar. ☀️
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May 12
Gov. Wes Moore signed Maryland’s Utility Relief Act into law Tuesday amid debate over rising energy costs and clean energy policy. GOP and environmental groups warn it falls short. bit.ly/4eE6sty
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Big news out of Colorado this week! Governor Polis signed HB26-1007 into law, legalizing plug-in solar and cutting home solar installation costs by up to $10,000 through meter collar technology. ☀️ ⚡
Huge credit to @kcbecker and Colorado Solar and Storage Association (COSSA) for driving this win, and to @copirg for helping start the whole push
More on the bill here: cossa.co/news/governor-polis…
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Our nation’s energy costs are soaring, and American families are paying the price. But it doesn’t have to be this way. By treating homes as energy infrastructure, we can save trillions and create over a million jobs nationwide. In their new Homegrown Energy report, @rewiringamerica outlines six key policies that unlock these benefits and more: rewiringamerica.org/research…
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Automated permitting for home solar and batteries just passed the CT Legislature! First in New England ⚡ ☀️
That matters. Connecticut has some of the highest energy costs in the country. Slow and expensive permitting is a major barrier for families seeking to cut their utility bills with solar.
MA and RI are also considering automated permitting bills this session. They should follow CT's lead and deliver faster, cheaper home energy upgrades across the region.
Kudos to all the champions who made this happen, including @GovNedLamont, Chairs Rep Steinberg and Sen @NormCT Needleman, and advocates like Michael Trahan at CONNSSA. Onward to signature!
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New York City electricity rates are 50% above the national average... and rising.
A new op-ed from @votesolar and @solaronenyc lays out exactly what @NYCMayor can do about it, including cutting the permitting and inspection red tape that adds thousands of dollars to every home solar install ☀️ ⚡
Read the full piece: votesolar.org/mayor-mamdani-…
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Apr 28
How can we make energy more affordable and reliable? Distributed energy resources (DERs)! DERs, like rooftop solar, batteries, and smart thermostats that allow consumers to generate, store, and manage their own electricity. Read @pewtrusts new DER policy playbook: pew.org/research-and-analysi…
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A new report from @CSInstituteAZ finds that getting a permit adds about 23 days to the average home improvement project. The slowest jurisdictions take over 134 days just for approval. And homeowners pay wildly different fees for identical projects depending solely on where they live. This is the red tape we want to cut. And the data keeps proving the case ⚡ ☀️
Check out the report: commonsenseinstituteus.org/a…
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