California Cuts Residential Solar Soft Costs

California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2188, making California,
. . . one of the first states in the U.S. to streamline permitting and inspection,
. . . for small residential solar systems.

As solar hardware costs have plummeted,
. . . overhead (also known as "soft costs") has become the largest cost component,
. . . of most residential installations.
Soft Costs straddle:
. . . . . . municipal government,
. . . . . . building codes,
. . . . . . human labor,
. . . . . . supply chain costs,
. . . . . . installation labor,
. . . . . . customer acquisition,
. . . . . . permitting,
. . . . . . inspection,
. . . . . . interconnection,
. . . . . . subsidy applications and
. . . . . . system design.
These can take months and month, while burning up money,
. . . with labor being paid to stand around waiting for someone's OK.