Comment on Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 13 hours agoyou can unilaterally connect your solar panels to the grid. you have to work with the utility to turn them up, and they require permits and passed inspections.
artyom@piefed.social 13 hours ago
According to my research, there is no such permit required in Utah. And presumably new legislation is looking to have this exception as well.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
not true, you still need to apply to the utility to export to the grid.
artyom@piefed.social 13 hours ago
Your link doesn’t mention anything about balcony solar.
Because the whole point is to make solar easier and more affordable?
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
It doesn’t matter. If you want to export power to the grid from anything at all, you must go through this process. If you wanted to export power from a hamster on a wheel you must apply for PTO.
of course, but not at the cost of safety and grid reliability.