I'm so jealous reading all the positive experiences people have on this forum with solar and ESS; lucky bastards.
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I'm so jealous reading all the positive experiences people have on this forum with solar and ESS; lucky bastards.
I feel like I'm more of the FNG that was told to run through the minefield to clear a way......
Electrph
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I had to work directly with my building department because he had failed my additional 41 solar panels. Once I explained to them what was going, no issues and the permit has been approved. Now my installer is going to schedule the install. I still am shocked they have not gotten the okay from PGE first, but what do I know.
Others here have talked about the 7 day discharge report that PG&E requires for SGIP. I read about it before it was required.
My installer got the report once it was requested by PG&E as part of the ICF phase of the approval.
I'm not sure if asking your installer for it before it was needed for your SGIP portal would have mattered.
In my case, it was just another minor blip on the already long and arduous road.
Weird. That isn't what we had to do. We had to get PG&E sign off before the build as part of the permitting process.
If PG&E says "no" post build, the homeowner would have some expensive shingles, wouldn't they? What is the next step if the utility says "no more than 40W-minutes per year of solar at this address"?
I realize you are in a different area, with different permitting regulations, but it seems like build first and get approval later has the potential to strand a large cost with no recourse.
Good luck.
BG
i have told them. they told they have had to remove dome in past at their cost.
I was surprised also when I found out no pre-authorization happens. When the installers came out, said yeah, its all approved by PG&E... Then later while talking to the Tesla rep, she specifically said no. I asked, "What happens if PG&E does not approve", her response was "We come pull off enough panels to get PG&E approval"... This sounds like a really backwards way of doing things. I have some concern since the system is about 160% of last year's usage. We did purchase an EV, so that helps, but even after that we are 120-130%. I am waiting for PTO, and still have not seen one single interconnection document of any type... Tesla never once mentioned size might be a problem, and they have my previous year's usage.
Had my first 100KWH solar production yesterday. Cool.
Have my solar installers here today to add another 15kw. So nice working with local folks and get things done fast. They wanted me to sign a PGE NEM form saying this solar meets the requirements of use. I said I would not sign since I have already told them multiple times they know what they are doing and can get approval, right. I am NOT taking responsibility!!!
Have my solar installers here today to add another 15kw. So nice working with local folks and get things done fast. They wanted me to sign a PGE NEM form saying this solar meets the requirements of use. I said I would not sign since I have already told them multiple times they know what they are doing and can get approval, right. I am NOT taking responsibility!!!
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