A
new building permit process developed with the aid of a $750,000.00 grant from
the U. S. Department of Energy’s Sun Shot Rooftop Solar challenge has cut the
time involved in pulling a City of Chicago building permit for rooftop solar
power installations from a month to a single day, and cut the permit fee to
$275.00. Chicago’s new solar.cityofchicago.org website is touted by city
officials as a “one stop shop” for approval, installation and connection of
rooftop solar power panels.
Chicago’s
electric utility Commonwealth Edison is preparing a year end launch for an
online tool which will enable solar power users to receive utility bill credit
for connecting their solar panels to Com Ed’s grid.
