New exclusive up on Heatmap: We liberty-loving Americans like to imagine ourselves the kings of our own castles, whereas we think of Germans and Australians as serfs in Kafkaesque bureaucracies. But just try adding solar panels or batteries to your home. With all the byzantine zoning approvals, paperwork, inspections, and permits needed in the U.S., a 7-kilowatt solar system ends up costing a median price of $28,000. In Germany, meanwhile, the two-page application renders the cost $10,000. In Australia? Just $4,000. What's to be done? A new report Permit Power's Nick Josefowitz shared with me highlights ways states can intervene to slash red tape, unlock a lot more cheap solar and batteries to meet our growing electricity needs, and shave more than $1 trillion -- yes, with a T -- off Americans' utility bills. https://heatmap.news/energy/solar-policy-savings





