• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I think it says more about the problems with local jurisdictions, permitting, and inspections than anything else.

    I signed a solar contract in April of '22 and I knew going in that my city has major permitting problems. But they had a deal, no payments for the first 6 months, I figured I was golden. Solar would be up June? July? Peak wattage? Sure…

    Well… OCTOBER rolls around, first bill is about due, NO work done. No panels, no site inspection, NOTHING.

    So I called the company. “I’m not paying for work that hasn’t been done.” That lights a fire under SOMEBODY, panels get up, 6 more months of credits, but we can’t actually turn the system on until the city inspection…

    Which it failed 3 times…

    Finally passed and online in March of '23… 11 months after signing the contract.