PTO

Solar install is done. Let's turn it on.

Seven quick questions. A straight read on where your project stands with PG&E — and the next step to turn it on. Free.

How it works · pricing · track record

Pricing — one flat fee per PTO
Residential Permission-to-Operate
$550
flat, per residential PTO
+ $145 PG&E interconnection fee — a pass-through, billed to you at cost.
50% / 50% 50% deposit, 50% when we file your application.
Who we work with — homeowners & contractors
Homeowners

We get your install across the PTO finish line

Your system is built and inspected, but it can't legally run until PG&E grants Permission-to-Operate. Send us what you have — we assemble the package, file it, and stay on it through utility review until your meter is cleared to turn on.

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Contractors

You keep the client. We do the PG&E work.

Stop losing crew hours to interconnection paperwork and PG&E follow-ups. Hand us the completed install and we run the PTO behind your brand. The client stays yours — we never touch the relationship, just the filing.

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Track record — real projects, real filings
5

PTOs submitted across 4 Bay Area projects in 2026 — intake-to-submit time not yet published; those five took a median of 40 business days from PG&E's receipt to PTO (range 12–58; a record, not a forecast), and a median of 3 business days once PG&E held a complete file.

5

systems granted Permission to Operate (Bay Area, 2026).

Deficiency notices

PG&E sent 4 on those 5 applications. Two were answered within 9 hours; two took 16–17 days. The most recent, in July, was answered the same day. The clock after our answer is PG&E's.