California’s second largest utility also asserts that it connects solar customers to the grid with an average five-day turnaround, among the fastest in the nation and a fraction of the industry average of four weeks.

Year to date, PG&E has connected more than 70,000 solar customers to the grid versus 45,000 for all 2014. Faster interconnections due to technical and process improvements helped the utility get more customers online with solar than ever before.

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