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Making it cheap and easy for Americans to power their lives

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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
How can we make energy more affordable and reliable? Distributed energy resources (DERs)! DERs, like rooftop solar, batteries, and smart thermostats that allow consumers to generate, store, and manage their own electricity. Read @pewtrusts.org new DER policy playbook: pew.org/research-and...
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Distributed Energy Can Unleash the Resilient, Affordable Grid of the Future
The U.S. power system is at a pivotal moment. Rapidly growing electricity demand from manufacturing, data centers, and electrification is straining the aging grid, and extreme weather and prolonged ou...
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Introducing more residential solar projects onto our energy grid will lower energy bills across Maryland, offering much-needed relief from rising household costs. Read more: environmentamerica.org/maryland/med...
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Maryland General Assembly streamlines rooftop solar permitting, shortening wait times and bringing down costs
The provision of the Utility Relief Act will help more Marylanders adopt solar, reducing pollution and demand on the grid, and saving an average of $2,300 in annual electricity costs.
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Thanks to the MD General Assembly for passing the Utility RELIEF Act to make it easier and less expensive to go solar! The new legislation will make installing rooftop solar and home batteries easier and less expensive, which can provide Marylanders with $2,300 in annual savings.
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Earlier this week, legislation to allow plug-in solar unanimously passed its Senate committee. Coming on the heels of the bill's passage through the House, this brings plug-in solar one step closer to Colorado families. Onward! ☀️ ⚡ www.cohousedems.com/news/house-p...
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House Passes Bill to Allow Plug-in Solar Panels
HB26-1007 would save Coloradans money on their energy bills by expanding access to cost-saving solar
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Energy bills are squeezing families. Home solar could help, but red tape is standing in the way. 46/50 states scored a D or lower on our Solar Permitting Scorecard. Cutting red tape is one of the easiest, cheapest things states can do to deliver real bill savings. ⚡️☀️ See how your state stacks up 👇
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🚨 Our CEO Nick Josefowitz joined @volts.wtf & Open Solar's Birchy to talk about how we make rooftop solar in the U.S. as cheap as Australia’s! ☀️ 👉 Listen here: www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-mak...
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How to make rooftop solar power as cheap in the US as it is in Australia
Nick Josefowitz and Andrew Birch join me to explain how slashing red tape can bring Australian solar prices to the US.
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Our new report finds that Maryland households can save $2,300/year and $76,000 over the life of home solar, but red tape still keeps too many families locked out. Grateful to Del. Fraser-Hidalgo for leading on legislation that makes solar cheaper and easier for Maryland families.
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Last month, our CEO, Nick, sat down with @elisawood.bsky.social to discuss why American families pay so much more for home solar, and how red tape is the real culprit. ☀️ Check it out below⬇️
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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 ☀️
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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
@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. permitpower.org/resources/as...
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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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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Another story on this study by @permitpower.bsky.social in @heatmap.news 2/ heatmap.news/energy/solar...
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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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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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/ permitpower.org/resources/as...
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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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CHESSA @solarchesapeake.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
⚡ 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
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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
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Still here for the news @cmmcat.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
“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”
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 23/10/2025
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: heatmap.news/energy/solar...
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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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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🚨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 heatmap.news/energy/solar...
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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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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🚨 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. ⚡ colorado.gov/governor/new...
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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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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🚨 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
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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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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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...
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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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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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: @rpa.org ‬ binje.com/op-ed-cuttin... #SolarForNJ #PermitPower #CleanEnergy #NJSenate
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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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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
☀️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
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🎉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.
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
🗣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...
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Regional Plan Association @rpa.org · 21/04/2025
☀️⚡ 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:
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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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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
🥳 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. 🎉
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Permit Power @permitpower.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
⚡🔋 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: airtable.com/appybDMjc3EV...
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