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Above: Dawn on Pack Monadnock on Sun Day, Sept. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n
Third Act\u2019s immediate action is to \u201ccrowd source\u201d information about local town solar rules, all across the country.\u00a0 They\u2019re inviting each one of us to find out what our own town\u2019s solar rules are, and send them in to Third Act. Please see Third Act\u2019s <\/span>Simplify Solar \u2013 Third Act<\/span><\/a> site for a short but clear description of this project, and for links to training sessions in mid-October. We need your help with this crowd-sourcing project!\u00a0 If you have any questions, feel free to reach out locally to <\/span>newhampshire@thirdact.org<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Why do this? While solar power is the most economical form of electricity generation in the US, it is even more economical elsewhere in the world. Australia has one of the highest proportions of rooftop solar largely because installation costs one third of a US installation ($1 per watt vs. $3 per watt).\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 Why is that?\u00a0 In part it is having a uniform regulatory structure across Australia with solar permits being quick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Third Act and partners have identified ways to reduce some administrative burdens that US installers encounter, and which increase consumer costs. A big source of delay and cost locally:\u00a0 Installers must conform with the zoning, permitting, and inspection procedures established at the town level.\u00a0 Our small state has over 200 towns with wide variations in how solar installation is treated and their rules are often opaque. Across the US significant administrative effort, taking a month, is often required for permitting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, it need not be that way: A new Texas law requires permits to be issued in two days!\u00a0 Similar change is possible in New Hampshire, but unlikely at the state-wide level due to political realities. However, consider the town-wide level\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Working for change at the town level, where grassroots democracy is part of our tradition, will be a way forward.\u00a0 It may be tedious, but help is available from a Third Act partner and locally from Clean Energy NH.\u00a0 <\/span>Meaningful change in NH <\/i><\/b>can<\/i><\/b> happen with the involvement of a broad swath of Third Act NH members and our allies.<\/i><\/b> Connect with us by emailing <\/span>newhampshire@thirdact.org<\/span><\/a>, or come to a Coffee Chat, to get started.<\/span><\/p>\n Below: Third Actors and Actresses greet the sun on Pack Monadnock on Sun Day, Sept. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n Above: Dawn on Pack Monadnock on Sun Day, Sept. 21, 2025. Third Act\u2019s immediate action is to \u201ccrowd source\u201d information about local town solar rules, all across the country.\u00a0 They\u2019re…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1053,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/new-hampshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/10\/IMG_1361.jpg\")
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