Solar Interconnection And PTO,
From Application To Activation.
Two filings, months apart, with a different process at every utility. Both filed within 24 to 48 hours, 90% approved on the first attempt, and followed until the system is exporting.
Residential and commercial solar, energy storage, EV chargers, and generators. 1,000+ utilities nationwide.
Interconnection and PTO, end to end
Two filings, months apart, with a different process at every utility. We prepare both, file them within 24 to 48 hours, and stay on the utility until the system can export.
- Filed within 24 to 48 hours
- 90% approved on the first attempt
- Coverage across 1,000+ utilities
Interconnection application
Forms, one-line diagram, equipment specs, and system sizing prepared to that utility's thresholds and filed within 24 to 48 hours.
Utility review
We answer the utility's questions and track the application until you are cleared to construct.
PTO submission
Completion documentation and as-builts packaged and filed through whatever channel that utility uses, online or offline.
Follow-through to activation
We stay on the utility and handle redlines at no extra charge until Permission to Operate is issued.
What we handle, and when.
These are separate filings at different points in the project. Treating them as one process is how systems sit finished and dark for weeks.
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Interconnection application
Filed before install. Forms, one-line diagram, equipment specs, and system sizing prepared to that utility's requirements and thresholds.
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Utility review and conditions
We answer the utility's questions, supply what they ask for, and track the application until approval to construct is issued.
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PTO application
Filed once install and inspection clear. Completion documentation, inspection sign-off, and as-built detail packaged to the utility's requirements.
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Utility review tracked
We track the utility's review of the completed install and answer what they come back with. Scheduling the inspection itself stays with your team.
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PTO issued and activation
Permission to Operate lands on your project. The system is cleared to export and the job is closed.
How it works.
Five steps from an uploaded project to permission to operate — scroll to walk through each one.
Send the project
Submit through Sunscape, or we work inside your own CRM as an extension of your team.
Design and stamp
Our team produces the plan set and, where the utility or jurisdiction requires it, gets the drawings sealed.
Interconnection filed
Application prepared against that utility's requirements, verified against our database, then submitted pre-install.
PTO filed
Once install and inspection clear, completion documentation goes to the utility.
System live
We stay on the utility and answer questions at no extra charge until Permission to Operate is issued.
Frequently asked questions
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Contact usBoth, and they are separate filings. Interconnection goes in before install, PTO after inspection. Most installers hand us both so nothing sits in the gap between them.
Within 24 to 48 hours of receiving the project. 90% of our applications clear on the first attempt. Utility review time after that belongs to the utility.
That depends entirely on the utility, and it ranges from days to months. Send your market list and we will tell you the typical window for each before you start.
We answer them and resubmit at no extra charge. Your team is not pulled into a back and forth with a utility engineer.
Our database covers 1,000+ utilities. Send your list and we will confirm coverage and typical review windows for each.
Yes. Send the project and we prepare and file the application.
No. Submit through Sunscape, or we work inside your own CRM as an extension of your team.
No. Twenty projects a month or two hundred, same process.