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Permit Power is a non-profit working to make it cheap and easy for Americans to power their lives and businesses with clean electricity.
Australia has so much rooftop solar that retailers are offering free daytime electricity to customers. Talk about affordability!

Let’s make it that simple here in the U.S. by slashing red tape ☀️
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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@permitpower.bsky.social's new report, "As Cheap as Our Peers," shows how cutting red tape could make home solar and batteries affordable for millions of Americans.

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As Cheap as Our Peers: How cutting red tape can lower the cost of rooftop solar and offset rising utility bills - Permit Power
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October 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Study by @permitpower.bsky.social analyzes how much cheaper solar installations are in countries such as Australia and Germany compared to the soft costs imposed by red-tape in US jurisdictions. 3/
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As Cheap as Our Peers: How cutting red tape can lower the cost of rooftop solar and offset rising utility bills - Permit Power
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October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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⚡ Another powerhouse session at #SolarFocus2025!
Reducing Costs Without Compromise: Navigating Today’s Solar & Storage Economics

Leaders from New Columbia Solar, @permitpower.bsky.social, Dewberry, enSights, SHINE & MCEC share real-world cost-saving strategies.
📅 Nov 18–19 | Arlington VA
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We’re hiring! ☀️
Join Permit Power and help make solar cheaper and faster to install across the U.S.
Open roles:
☀️ Campaign Director
⚡️ Permitting Policy Director
🔌 Interconnection Policy Director

Apply by Nov 30
Links in the replies below ⬇️
#Solar #EnergyPolicy
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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“One possibility is that America will simply sit out the global solar boom in the same way Cubans, thanks to endless embargoes, still drive ’57 Chevys…having self-embargoed from the clean energy future, America will someday be a living museum of coal-fired power plants and basement furnaces”
July 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Americans could save $1.2 trillion — yes, that's with a 't' — over 25 years by simplifying solar regulations. That's according to a new report by @permitpower.bsky.social, shared exclusively with @alexckaufman.bsky.social for Heatmap.

Read more about the results:

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Simpler Solar Regulations Would Save Americans $1.2 Trillion
A new analysis by Permit Power calculates the cumulative benefits of cheap rooftop solar over the lifetime of a typical rig.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨NEW REPORT from @permitpower.bsky.social:
If US home solar were as cheap as abroad by 2040:
☀️18.2M more families go solar
💰$1,600 avg yearly savings
⚡️198.1 GW more installed residential rooftop solar capacity
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Simpler Solar Regulations Would Save Americans $1.2 Trillion
A new analysis by Permit Power calculates the cumulative benefits of cheap rooftop solar over the lifetime of a typical rig.
heatmap.news
October 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Maryland is keeping instant solar permitting momentum alive.

The state just renewed its incentive program to cover local gov transition costs. A win for Maryland families, faster installs, lower costs, and more clean energy. 🌞⚡

#SolarAPP #CleanEnergy #InstantPermitting
August 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨 Big win for rooftop solar in Colorado: @colorado.gov just made instant permitting + fast, flexible interconnection a statewide priority.

That means more Coloradans powering up clean energy without the red tape. Other states: time to follow suit. ⚡
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Gov. Polis Announces New Actions for Coloradans to Access Money-Saving Clean Energy Resources and Accelerate Clean Energy Infrastructure | Colorado Governor Jared Polis
DENVER - Governor Polis, joined by Public Utilities Commission Director Rebecca While, Colorado Energy Office Executive Director Will Toor, Conservation Colorado Executive Director Kelly Nordini, Kris...
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August 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🚨 New @motherjones.com underscores a brutal truth about rooftop solar in America. Let’s cut the red tape and make solar affordable for all. Thanks, @billmckibben.bsky.social!

Read the full article: motherjones.com/environment/...

#SolarPower #CleanEnergy #PermittingReform #PermitPower
Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back
Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?
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July 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Exciting news in TX this weekend – SB 1202 is now TX law! This bill saves time and lowers costs for families to install life-saving back up power systems. Better permitting = better power! ⚡ Read more: pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/05/28/t...
Texas legislature passes bill to expedite solar, energy storage permitting
The Texas House and Senate passed passed a bill that aims to curb unnecessary permitting delays and fast-track residential solar panel and energy storage installations. Unless vetoed by Gov. Abbott, t...
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June 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NJ lawmakers can make rooftop solar faster, cheaper & easier for everyone by fixing the permitting process:
💡 Read more in yesterday's op-ed by Doug O’Malley & Robert Freudenberg in Binje News:

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#SolarForNJ #PermitPower #CleanEnergy #NJSenate
Op-ed: Cutting red tape to go green: N.J. must act now on smart solar permitting - BINJE
New Jerseyans are bracing for a summer of skyrocketing energy rates while continuing to grapple with the ever-worsening effects of climate change. We should be taking every opportunity to deliver ener...
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May 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
☀️Right now, rooftop #solar costs families thousands because of permitting red tape. “Automating solar permitting is one of those rare win-wins — saving families and solar installers money and headaches, and saving cities and counties resources and time.” ✅ Yoni Cohen & Ian Skor
May 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Big win in NJ! Our bill to make solar cheaper & easier for NJ families unanimously passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee yesterday! ☀️

Thank you Chair Lisa Swain, Asm. @RobKarabinchak & all YES votes!

Next stop: the Assembly floor! #gosolar
May 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🎉Local governments in 15 states have implemented instant permitting! Mounds View, Minnesota joins local governments from all over the US in implementing better permitting for rooftop solar and home batteries.
May 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🗣Check out this Capitol Fax quotable from @IllinoisPIRG new report: “#solar installers often face “complex and cumbersome” permitting requirements that can add months and hundreds of dollars…to the simplest residential roof project” Read more: capitolfax.com/2025/04/21/t...
April 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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☀️⚡ New from RPA, with support from @permitpower.bsky.social

NY and NJ are leaders in clean energy, but there are still roadblocks for solar energy. RPA's Kyle Mason analyzed challenges and solutions for solar permitting in the region:
Roadblocks and Solutions to Permitting for Residential Solar and…
Regional Plan Association works toward a better future for the tri-state region
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April 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🥳 Thrilled that Matt Kirby is our new Campaign Director.

Matt comes from the conservation movement, where he led campaigns to secure protections for millions of acres of public lands at top orgs. Matt will oversee our legislative work in the Western US & our policy implementation campaigns. 🎉
December 2, 2024 at 11:40 PM
⚡🔋 We're hiring a Research Director to do the policy research that will help us set an agenda & deliver advocacy wins to make it cheaper and easier for Americans to power their lives with clean electricity.
View job details, salary range & what skills we're looking for:
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