Spike in photovoltaic work overloads city’s inspectors

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 26, 2012

~~<p>Question: We had a photovoltaic system installed March 13. Our permit was filed with the city Building Department’s electrical division. But to date, the city has not come to inspect the electrical connection and Hawaiian Electric will not change the meter until that is done. I called the city several times asking when the inspection is scheduled for Kailua, but no one returned my calls. Why is this taking so long to be done?</p>
<p>Answer: The problem, as we explained in May (http://is.gd/8Tm5gI) is that the city Department of Planning and Permitting is continuing to be inundated with requests for photovoltaic inspections, on top of requests for other electrical inspections.</p>
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Question: We had a photovoltaic system installed March 13. Our permit was filed with the city Building Department’s electrical division. But to date, the city has not come to inspect the electrical connection and Hawaiian Electric will not change the meter until that is done. I called the city several times asking when the inspection is scheduled for Kailua, but no one returned my calls. Why is this taking so long to be done?

Answer: The problem, as we explained in May (http://is.gd/8Tm5gI) is that the city Department of Planning and Permitting is continuing to be inundated with requests for photovoltaic inspections, on top of requests for other electrical inspections. Login for more...