Utility requiring stamped one-line? [RE-wrenches]

[SOLARPRO at aol.com]

William: 

AMEN Brother...
I spent three point five hours this  morning just submitting an application 
for plan check, and on the way had to  park my butt at 'zoning' - a new 
requirement - for nearly an hour.  An hour  for zone check?  I could have just gone 
along with the program but I kept  demanding that the clerk show me where in 
the city (Long Beach) are we not zoned  for solar?  And, why is it necessary to 
explore this issue on a roof  mounted system?    Zone check is absurd and I 
would encourage  everybody else to fight this one before it becomes fait 
accompli. 

When  we started GT systems back in 2000 the fee was $150 for a simple 
electrical  permit in my hometown. Now it's over $500 and the whole process requires 
more  man hours than it takes to install a simple residential system. The 
trend is up  at other cities in my area and this utility stamp requirement is not 
just  another speed bump.  For smaller residential systems it amounts to 
highway  robbery AND blackmail.

Patrick A. Redgate
AMECO
(888) or (562)  595-9570
www.amecosolar.com 


In a message dated 10/18/2006 5:24:09  P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
wrmiller at charter.net writes:
The need in the  industry is to de-mystify residential grid-tie systems.  If 
we allow  building officials, unions or utilities to build up the process to 
appear  more complicated than it really is, then installations cost more, 
there are  fewer of them completed and the industry, the consumers and the 
environment  loses.

A small residential installation is not rocket science and we can  not let 
any one try to say otherwise.  We need to fight this  trend.

William Miller
 


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