Balcony Solar Costs $285. Why Is It Still So Hard to Get?
In Germany you pick up a solar panel at IKEA or the grocery store and plug it in at home.
Here you order online, the cheapest kits can take four months to arrive, and in most states you still technically need your utility's permission to install it.
Cora Stryker co-founded Bright Saver, a nonprofit that sells the kits at cost, $285 for a 180 watt system. They helped draft Utah's balcony solar bill, the first in the country, and have since worked with legislators in 35 states and DC. Nine have passed laws so far.
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