The money of was part of $12 million in grants the DOE announced earlier this week in efforts to streamline the process for getting solar installed. The program, called the Rooftop Solar Challenge, is supporting 22 teams in the U.S. by working to make it easier to get through regulatory hurdles.
“Through this competition, the Energy Department is helping to unleash America’s solar potential by investing in projects that will make it faster, easier, and cheaper to finance and deploy solar power in communities across the country,” said Energy Secretary Steven Chu in a statement. “These awards will reduce the cost homeowners and businesses pay to install solar energy systems, while at the same time saving money and time for local governments faced with tight budgets.”
The Arizona Governor's Office of Energy Policy received the grant and will work with the cities of Phoenix, Flagstaff and Tucson, as well as the Arizona State University Global Institute of Sustainability and SmartPower to develop best practices in zoning that coudl allow for same-day review of solar rooftop applications.
The plan is to replicate the program to communities statewide on a voluntary basis.
SOURCE: http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2011/12/03/arizona-receives-709k-solar-grant.html
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