Hi Folks, That's similar in Virginia, a homeowner pulls his electrical permit after the power company pre-approves the solar system size based on the last 12 months KWH usage and 4.5 sunny hours per day. A 10KWAC system is 45 KWH daily for example. I'm an EE and master electrician as CIMA volunteer insurance desires for our volunteer club, see www.REEVAdiy.org . We do a solar installation every other month, more this year since folks are afraid of the 30% tax credit going away and AEP wants to copy California and get rid of NET metering. Next year, probably crickets...
Have a renewable energy day, Mark Mark E. Hanson 184 Vista Lane Fincastle, VA 24090 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell REEVA: community service RE & EV project club Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) UL Certified PV Installer My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh REEVA Demo: http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 Fincastle Solar Weather Station Message: 6 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:49:31 +1200 From: Bill Dube <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [EVDL] Homeowner's Permit (was: Dumped by two solar providers.) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed The rules for what you can do electrically without a licensed electrician vary wildly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Every city, town, county, and state has different permitting regulations. In general, a homeowner can go down to the local municipality and get an electrical permit to perform (most) electrical work for a single-family residence that he owns.? You can't typically do this for a commercial property or a multi-family property, however. They typically restrict you from installing a replacement electrical panel. The procedures for doing this and the specifics vary enormously. The requirements can go from: ?"Here's your electrical permit. Let us know when you want us to inspect your new electrical service and whatever else you have done. Feel free to ask us questions." to: "Take this _insanely_ complicated written test. (i.e. 'Is a grounded bushing required on service entrance equipment when there is a concentric knockout on the meter enclosure?') If you somehow manage to pass this test, show us your detailed blueprints and we might issue you a permit, eventually." to: "Absolutely not. You MUST hire a licensed master electrician to replace that damaged receptacle." ??? Basically, it all depends on how heavily the trades have lobbied the local politicians. Bill D. _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
