Primary-source first
We try to anchor city guidance in municipal documents, utility process guides, tariff schedules, application forms, and official public notices before relying on summaries.
Methodology
How we build pages for high-stakes homeowner decisions.
Solar is a YMYL category because people can spend six figures, change their utility setup, and create compliance risk with one bad quote. So the site is built to show its working.
Research standard
The rules we use before we publish
City-specific before generic
We publish homeowner guidance only when the page reflects real local friction such as approval sequence, meter implications, sign-off requirements, tariff effects, and housing edge cases.
No invented certainty
If wait times, charges, installer credentials, or municipal edge cases are not verified, we say so plainly instead of filling the gap with generic solar copy.
Guide first, directory second
Installer listings are useful only when paired with the legal and municipal context that helps a homeowner pressure-test a quote before signing.
What goes into a city page
The page has to answer the homeowner questions that matter before signature.
Municipal approval sequence and where homeowners get caught out.
Whether a normal electrician's CoC is enough, or not.
Whether export changes the meter, tariff, or billing setup.
What costs or admin steps installers often leave outside the headline quote.
Whether housing type, sectional-title control, or heritage rules create extra friction.
Publishing discipline
What we avoid
We do not present ourselves as a regulator, municipality, or certification authority.
We do not publish fake installer records to make a city look complete.
We do not turn uncertainty into false precision where official data is missing.
We do not let generic national solar advice replace real city-level process differences.
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