Between the last panel and the first kilowatt hour sit an interconnection application, a permit, an inspection, a meter, and a final utility review. Each lives in a different portal, speaks a different vocabulary, and stalls for reasons nobody wrote down. The installer chases. The utility re-requests. The homeowner calls.
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Three tracks, one record
Utility, permit office, and installation move independently, each with its own stages, evidence, clock, and owner. Milestones on one track gate steps on another: meter work cannot be requested before the inspection passed, and permission to operate cannot be recorded without a date.
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Verified data with provenance
Every field is an observation with a source: a plan set, a utility bill, a permit card, a person who checked it. Two verified sources that disagree open a Verified Data Conflict that only a person can close, and both stay in the record. Newer never beats verified.
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Readiness before submission
Identity, design, documents, utility application, and permit are scored on data completeness. A missing verified account number shows up before the application leaves, not as a correction three weeks later.
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A homeowner view in plain language
What phase the project is in, who holds it right now, whether anything is needed from the homeowner, and when the next step is expected. No portal jargon, and never a date the record cannot support.
