What We Are Riffing About!

Cumbersome, time-consuming, and costly solar permitting has been a major block to greater rooftop solar power adoption for decades. Even as solar panel costs came down and solar permitting was streamlined in other countries, the USA lagged behind in one of the most fundamental portions of the “going solar” process. Then it arrived (a bit late) to the “there’s an app for that” party. Just before the launch of SolarAPP+, I interviewed Amber D’Ottavio, Vice President of Product Management at Accela, who was one of the core people launching the app in 2021 and shepherding it through to where it is today. I still recommend that interview for a deep dive into the matter, as well as a more recent one Jo Borras conducted with her for an update.

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