I would say there is as fix for this situation (generally).
I am in the process of getting from final plans to installation date. Based on a fair amount of what I would have to categorize as research, I think any problems can be headed off.
That's provided I know of them. That is the kicker.
My opinion/analysis is that Tesla Energy faces a tough choice.
Tesla charges only $100 bucks, and do what must be thousands of dollars of work, by employees who are likely not on commission, plus they front some permit fees which must exceed the $100.
That's quite an offer right there. In every other home improvement project of any kind, no one "fronts" anything.
The other choice they make is to try to handle the process from $100 to installation as efficiently as possible. What I have seen is that means quite a bit of work goes on without the knowledge of the customer. Emails are sent an exchanged with the city and the utility, and the customer is not copied on those.
Although in my case Los Angeles DWP has its own portal which purports to show progress on the same project. The Tesla portal is so general as to be useless in the design phase, and you can see from these boards there may be up to ten design critical steps folded into the "obtaining a permit" box. For its part, LADWP's progress is more accurate, but so technical you can't understand it.
Both portals are silent on exactly who owes what to whom.
Now, the alternative would be to copy the customer on every exchange. As a lawyer I do that. But that simply might make it cost prohibitive.
My neighbor used Sunrun, and did not have things move any faster.
I am in the process of getting from final plans to installation date. Based on a fair amount of what I would have to categorize as research, I think any problems can be headed off.
That's provided I know of them. That is the kicker.
My opinion/analysis is that Tesla Energy faces a tough choice.
Tesla charges only $100 bucks, and do what must be thousands of dollars of work, by employees who are likely not on commission, plus they front some permit fees which must exceed the $100.
That's quite an offer right there. In every other home improvement project of any kind, no one "fronts" anything.
The other choice they make is to try to handle the process from $100 to installation as efficiently as possible. What I have seen is that means quite a bit of work goes on without the knowledge of the customer. Emails are sent an exchanged with the city and the utility, and the customer is not copied on those.
Although in my case Los Angeles DWP has its own portal which purports to show progress on the same project. The Tesla portal is so general as to be useless in the design phase, and you can see from these boards there may be up to ten design critical steps folded into the "obtaining a permit" box. For its part, LADWP's progress is more accurate, but so technical you can't understand it.
Both portals are silent on exactly who owes what to whom.
Now, the alternative would be to copy the customer on every exchange. As a lawyer I do that. But that simply might make it cost prohibitive.
My neighbor used Sunrun, and did not have things move any faster.
