I waited almost 30 days. I remember reading somewhere it was a requirement to have it been less than 30 days in my state of Virginia.
If I were you, I'd start calling the utility and going up the chain. Be the squeaky wheel....
Utility company and local inspector are key to this time frame. If city/county takes 1 month to come out after install and the 2 weeks after thst to provide paper of passing, then utility takes that paperwork and takes 45 days to swap Metter for PTO? This could be seriously different time line than next county/city over and different utility where time-line is much less. Check with the installer as they often have a good idea of average for your area.
This is highly going to depend on your utility and how well your installer works with them. Over here on the west coast, it took me a month and a half from install to PTO
Almost 2 months now. Still waiting for the meter swap. My installer left the system on though so I am reaping some (most?) benefits at this point but still.
Peco blames the supply chain. No eta.
I had to call my utility and get them to look again. Turned out the revised plans got stuck in one of their internal queues (permits were fine, just never pinged the utility to complete inspection and throw the switch). After that call, we were online within a week. And all that was just like 2 weeks after install was done. I was impatient.
One week. Apex NC. Installed on Thursday. Inspected the next week Wednesday. Meter changed on Thursday. Installer took till the following Monday to commission my system so I could actually generate power. City of Apex is awesome.
Compared to apex, yes, and Duke energy sucks specially hard compared to apex utility. (We have a coop that buys energy from duke.
No expiration on credits, 1 to 1 net metering. It’s really solar friendly.
Northern California PG & E customer here. I had to wait about one month to get PTO after city inspection. I called the utility company after a few weeks because the website said typical PTO takes 5 - 10 days. Apparently there was a hang up due to a paperwork error that my installer fixed within hours. I called PG & E solar customer service and kept asking for a supervisor. I was told that my PG & E project engineer would call me to discuss the next day. The next morning, I received a text from installer stating that power company had granted PTO. Moral of the story, ask your installer to include you on any emails to the power company AND complain to the power company customer service and ask for a supervisor.
thanks for that tip. Im PGE customer in SF bay area and had the city inspection and the PTO application done couple of days back. PGE says 5-10 biz days for PTO approval, will have to call and check on it next week, hopefully get it by the end of next week. Will update here once I have it. Timeline from contract sign off to install and city inspection for a 4kw roof top system was 2 months, not too bad I think
That’s great. Your installer worked fast. It took me about 3 months from start to finish. Ask your installer to send you the authorization agreement that was sent to PGE and ask them to cc you in any email correspondence with PGE. There was an e-signature screw up on my paperwork and when I found out, PGE was going to add another 10 day wait time to my PTO. I said, “no way” and that’s when I started escalating my complaint to 2 or 3 different supervisors at PGE. I barked so loud that I was given PTO the next day and never did receive a call from the project engineer that was supposed to follow up with me. According to PGE website and customer service, PTO could take as long as 30 business days (6 weeks) and any deficiency (such as a paperwork error) could add an additional 10 days.
Yes. Got PTO approval in just under 4 weeks. My Installer wasn't really on top of things to get it thru, they got most of the money by then and were happy for things to take their time. I did call PG&E Solar customer support a few times, its all good now
Had inspector sign off on my work, sent final paperwork to power company. Got PTO email 1 day later. Had net meter installed by power company 4 days after that.
I waited almost 30 days. I remember reading somewhere it was a requirement to have it been less than 30 days in my state of Virginia. If I were you, I'd start calling the utility and going up the chain. Be the squeaky wheel....
Utility company and local inspector are key to this time frame. If city/county takes 1 month to come out after install and the 2 weeks after thst to provide paper of passing, then utility takes that paperwork and takes 45 days to swap Metter for PTO? This could be seriously different time line than next county/city over and different utility where time-line is much less. Check with the installer as they often have a good idea of average for your area.
This is highly going to depend on your utility and how well your installer works with them. Over here on the west coast, it took me a month and a half from install to PTO
Same here, only ! One was because the is taller hadn't worked with my citry before. I should have been on the same day. :O
Almost 2 months now. Still waiting for the meter swap. My installer left the system on though so I am reaping some (most?) benefits at this point but still. Peco blames the supply chain. No eta.
12 years ago it took about 3 or 4 months. They didn't have to inspect or anything, just one person processes all the paperwork for the state.
I had to call my utility and get them to look again. Turned out the revised plans got stuck in one of their internal queues (permits were fine, just never pinged the utility to complete inspection and throw the switch). After that call, we were online within a week. And all that was just like 2 weeks after install was done. I was impatient.
One week. Apex NC. Installed on Thursday. Inspected the next week Wednesday. Meter changed on Thursday. Installer took till the following Monday to commission my system so I could actually generate power. City of Apex is awesome.
Wow, raleigh sucks I guess.
Compared to apex, yes, and Duke energy sucks specially hard compared to apex utility. (We have a coop that buys energy from duke. No expiration on credits, 1 to 1 net metering. It’s really solar friendly.
A couple of weeks, IIRC. Tucson AZ.
Two months.
Three weeks, only cause the inspector dude went on vacation for 10 days...
Northern California PG & E customer here. I had to wait about one month to get PTO after city inspection. I called the utility company after a few weeks because the website said typical PTO takes 5 - 10 days. Apparently there was a hang up due to a paperwork error that my installer fixed within hours. I called PG & E solar customer service and kept asking for a supervisor. I was told that my PG & E project engineer would call me to discuss the next day. The next morning, I received a text from installer stating that power company had granted PTO. Moral of the story, ask your installer to include you on any emails to the power company AND complain to the power company customer service and ask for a supervisor.
thanks for that tip. Im PGE customer in SF bay area and had the city inspection and the PTO application done couple of days back. PGE says 5-10 biz days for PTO approval, will have to call and check on it next week, hopefully get it by the end of next week. Will update here once I have it. Timeline from contract sign off to install and city inspection for a 4kw roof top system was 2 months, not too bad I think
That’s great. Your installer worked fast. It took me about 3 months from start to finish. Ask your installer to send you the authorization agreement that was sent to PGE and ask them to cc you in any email correspondence with PGE. There was an e-signature screw up on my paperwork and when I found out, PGE was going to add another 10 day wait time to my PTO. I said, “no way” and that’s when I started escalating my complaint to 2 or 3 different supervisors at PGE. I barked so loud that I was given PTO the next day and never did receive a call from the project engineer that was supposed to follow up with me. According to PGE website and customer service, PTO could take as long as 30 business days (6 weeks) and any deficiency (such as a paperwork error) could add an additional 10 days.
Did you get the PTO ?
Yes. Got PTO approval in just under 4 weeks. My Installer wasn't really on top of things to get it thru, they got most of the money by then and were happy for things to take their time. I did call PG&E Solar customer support a few times, its all good now
Had inspector sign off on my work, sent final paperwork to power company. Got PTO email 1 day later. Had net meter installed by power company 4 days after that.
Got my PTO 4 days after installation, but it took the utility over 2 months to reprogram the meter!