Solar Installation a 'Red Tape Nightmare'

Solar installation a 'red tape nightmare'

David Seymour. Photo: RNZ By Katie Todd of RNZ The Regulation Minister is taking aim at what he says is excessive red tape around rooftop solar that makes it too hard for home-owners and businesses to set up panels.

'A red tape nightmare': Review ordered into solar panel installation

Regulation Minister says it's too hard for home-owners and businesses to set up panels.

Regulation Minister ordering review of solar panel installation

David Seymour said less than four percent of households used solar, despite power savings of about $1000 a year.

Solar Panel Installation To Be Done At Lightspeed

The Ministry for Regulation listens to people’s regulatory problems, then fixes them. People voiced issues with solar installation rules through the Red Tape Tipline. Now the Ministry is going to fix them.

NZ moves to slash red tape for smaller solar systems

Reading Time: 2 minutes The government is streamlining the consenting process for installing residential and small to medium solar systems with the aim of making it the simplest in the developed world. Regulation Minister David Seymour announced in central Otago last week that the current consenting process takes months to traverse up to eight layers of regulations, compared to parts of Australia, where consent be granted in 24 hours. “This revi…