{"id":13590,"date":"2012-02-23t12:39:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-23t12:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07t19:39:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07t19:39:47","slug":"danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"danny kennedy: how local governments can help rooftop solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>danny kennedy, founder of sungevity, a solar-leasing company (and also <a href=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/community\/innovator-of-the-year\/\">planet forward&#8217;s innovator of the year<\/a>), explains how local governments can help facility residential rooftop solar.\u00a0 local governments can help fast-track solar permits, so that companies can work faster to get more solar panels on rooftops.<\/p>\n<p>with cities and counties struggling to emerge from the down economy, clean energy development has been an economic and environmental bright spot. as berkeley law and ucla law discuss in the 2009 report \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/files\/in_our_backyard.pdf\">in our<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.law.ucla.edu\/sitecollectiondocuments\/environmental%20law\/in_our_backyard.pdf\">backyard<\/a>,\u201d california possesses numerous opportunities to deploy solar and wind energy facilities in existing urbanized areas, such as along highways and on large commercial rooftops. governor jerry brown is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/11482.htm\">working<\/a> with berkeley law to develop policies to achieve 12,000 megawatts of such deployment, underscoring the state\u2019s commitment to this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>danny kennedy of sungevity says that his company spends as much time working through the permitting process as they do installing solar panels. how can local governments help speed the way to solar roofs? <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"\/idea\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\">watch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8916,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4905,4893,4916,4917,4900,4899,4910,4891],"tags":[675,10,1282],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adaptation","category-architecture","category-climate","category-energy","category-green-living","category-policy","category-renewable-energy","category-solar","tag-government","tag-solar-energy","tag-sun"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>danny kennedy: how local governments can help rooftop solar - planet forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"danny kennedy: how local governments can help rooftop solar - planet forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"danny kennedy of sungevity says that his company spends as much time working through the permitting process as they do installing solar panels. how can local governments help speed the way to solar roofs? watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"planet forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-02-23t12:39:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-07t19:39:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ethan elkind\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@planet_forward\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@planet_forward\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ethan elkind\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"article\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/#article\",\"ispartof\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ethan elkind\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a9ed2f3d880070b8e9dd767175fa76b8\"},\"headline\":\"danny kennedy: how local governments can help rooftop solar\",\"datepublished\":\"2012-02-23t12:39:59+00:00\",\"datemodified\":\"2023-03-07t19:39:47+00:00\",\"mainentityofpage\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/\"},\"wordcount\":140,\"commentcount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"government\",\"solar energy\",\"sun\"],\"articlesection\":[\"adaptation\",\"architecture\",\"climate\",\"energy\",\"克罗地亚vs加拿大让球
\",\"policy\",\"renewable energy\",\"solar\"],\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"potentialaction\":[{\"@type\":\"commentaction\",\"name\":\"comment\",\"target\":[\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"webpage\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/\",\"name\":\"danny kennedy: how local governments can help rooftop solar - planet forward\",\"ispartof\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#website\"},\"datepublished\":\"2012-02-23t12:39:59+00:00\",\"datemodified\":\"2023-03-07t19:39:47+00:00\",\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"potentialaction\":[{\"@type\":\"readaction\",\"target\":[\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"website\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/\",\"name\":\"planet forward\",\"description\":\"inspiring stories to 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网
\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialaction\":[{\"@type\":\"searchaction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"entrypoint\",\"urltemplate\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"propertyvaluespecification\",\"valuerequired\":true,\"valuename\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\"},{\"@type\":\"organization\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"planet forward\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"imageobject\",\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pf_main_primary_rgb-1-1.png\",\"contenturl\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pf_main_primary_rgb-1-1.png\",\"width\":1264,\"height\":660,\"caption\":\"planet forward\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameas\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/planet_forward\"]},{\"@type\":\"person\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a9ed2f3d880070b8e9dd767175fa76b8\",\"name\":\"ethan elkind\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"imageobject\",\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d16a4f6c530b9f2731bcb1804f2fb58e?s=96&d=https%3a%2f%2fplanetforward.org%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2023%2f02%2funtitled-design-1-150x150.png&r=g\",\"contenturl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d16a4f6c530b9f2731bcb1804f2fb58e?s=96&d=https%3a%2f%2fplanetforward.org%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2023%2f02%2funtitled-design-1-150x150.png&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ethan elkind\"},\"url\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/author\/elkind\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ yoast seo plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"danny kennedy: how local governments can help rooftop solar - planet forward","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/","og_locale":"en_us","og_type":"article","og_title":"danny kennedy: how local governments can help rooftop solar - planet forward","og_description":"danny kennedy of sungevity says that his company spends as much time working through the permitting process as they do installing solar panels. how can local governments help speed the way to solar roofs? watch","og_url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/","og_site_name":"planet forward","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org","article_published_time":"2012-02-23t12:39:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-07t19:39:47+00:00","author":"ethan elkind","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@planet_forward","twitter_site":"@planet_forward","twitter_misc":{"written by":"ethan elkind","est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"article","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/#article","ispartof":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/"},"author":{"name":"ethan elkind","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a9ed2f3d880070b8e9dd767175fa76b8"},"headline":"danny kennedy: how local governments can help rooftop solar","datepublished":"2012-02-23t12:39:59+00:00","datemodified":"2023-03-07t19:39:47+00:00","mainentityofpage":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/"},"wordcount":140,"commentcount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["government","solar energy","sun"],"articlesection":["adaptation","architecture","climate","energy","克罗地亚vs加拿大让球
","policy","renewable energy","solar"],"inlanguage":"en-us","potentialaction":[{"@type":"commentaction","name":"comment","target":["\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"webpage","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/","url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/","name":"danny kennedy: how local governments can help rooftop solar - planet forward","ispartof":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#website"},"datepublished":"2012-02-23t12:39:59+00:00","datemodified":"2023-03-07t19:39:47+00:00","inlanguage":"en-us","potentialaction":[{"@type":"readaction","target":["\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/danny-kennedy-how-local-governments-can-help-rooftop-solar\/"]}]},{"@type":"website","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#website","url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/","name":"planet forward","description":"inspiring stories to 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网
","publisher":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization"},"potentialaction":[{"@type":"searchaction","target":{"@type":"entrypoint","urltemplate":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"propertyvaluespecification","valuerequired":true,"valuename":"search_term_string"}}],"inlanguage":"en-us"},{"@type":"organization","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization","name":"planet forward","url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/","logo":{"@type":"imageobject","inlanguage":"en-us","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pf_main_primary_rgb-1-1.png","contenturl":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pf_main_primary_rgb-1-1.png","width":1264,"height":660,"caption":"planet forward"},"image":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameas":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org","https:\/\/x.com\/planet_forward"]},{"@type":"person","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a9ed2f3d880070b8e9dd767175fa76b8","name":"ethan elkind","image":{"@type":"imageobject","inlanguage":"en-us","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d16a4f6c530b9f2731bcb1804f2fb58e?s=96&d=https%3a%2f%2fplanetforward.org%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2023%2f02%2funtitled-design-1-150x150.png&r=g","contenturl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d16a4f6c530b9f2731bcb1804f2fb58e?s=96&d=https%3a%2f%2fplanetforward.org%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2023%2f02%2funtitled-design-1-150x150.png&r=g","caption":"ethan elkind"},"url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/author\/elkind\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8916"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13590"},{"taxonomy":"storyfest_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/storyfest_categories?post=13590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}