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MANTECA, CA — August 14, 2024 — Symbium and Manteca are proud to announce the launch of instant permits for residential solar and battery storage systems. Powered by Symbium — the Complaw® company whose technology translates complex laws and regulations into simple workflows — this groundbreaking platform verifies code compliance in real time and automates the issuance of solar and energy storage permits, lowering the costs for permit applicants and homeowners and increasing the speed of installing residential solar energy systems in Manteca.
About California’s SB 379 Solar Permitting Mandate:
Symbium’s development of its solar permitting platform was catalyzed by SB 379. SB 379 is a recent California law that requires most California cities and counties to implement a platform that checks for code compliance and automates the issuance of permits for residential solar energy and storage systems. Such mandates to streamline the permitting of decarbonization projects are likely to proliferate as California and other States strive to meet the United States’s goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035.
Uniquely Symbium:
Real-Time Code Compliance. Symbium automatically verifies compliance with State and local regulations, ensuring that every residential solar and battery storage system adheres to the required standards. Symbium’s solution is SB379-compliant.
Instantaneous Regulatory Analysis. Symbium provides immediate, substantive feedback on why a scope of work meets or fails to meet regulatory requirements, allowing solar installers to quickly and easily revise their proposals to comply with the code.
Streamlined Permitting Process. Symbium provides a beautifully-designed, user-friendly interface for solar installers to submit their permit applications. Installers can apply for permits and pay permit fees directly through Symbium, which integrates seamlessly with Manteca’s permit tracking system. Symbium also automatically checks for a valid contractor’s and business license, instantly ensuring that only qualified professionals are submitting applications.
California jurisdictions are invited to get in touch with Symbium to learn more about how Symbium can help streamline solar and other decarbonization permit processes in their communities. Symbium is currently enrolling California cities and counties in two pilot programs for solar permits and express, no-plan permits.
Benefits of instant solar permits:
The automatic analysis of code compliance requirements and instant permit issuance not only ensures that every application meets the necessary safety and regulatory standards, decreases costs for homeowners and permit applicants, and increases the speed of solar installations. It also helps the City achieve its goal of improving climate resiliency through reducing greenhouse gas emissions through sustainable energy.
Brad Wungluck, Deputy Director of Development Services, expressed enthusiasm for the launch, stating, “We are extremely excited to introduce this state-of-the-art online platform, which will not only promote renewable energy development but also help ease some of the complexities of doing business in our community. In addition, we are pleased to announce this partnership with Symbium, which made the adoption of their well-designed platform easy and without requiring much staff time and worked with us throughout the process to customize the platform to respond to our local processes and code requirements.”
With the launch of this online platform, not only will Manteca comply with California’s SB379 solar permitting mandate, it positions itself as a leader in fostering renewable energy adoption while prioritizing efficiency, safety, and sustainability. This initiative sets the stage for continued growth in the residential solar and battery storage sector, benefitting both the community and the environment.
How to apply for instant permits in Manteca using Symbium:
To get started with applying for a residential solar permit in Manteca, visit https://www.manteca.gov/departments/development-services/building-safety/instant-automated-solar-permits
About Manteca:
This family-friendly city, San Joaquin County’s third largest, is quickly approaching 90,000 residents and is one of the state’s fastest growing cities. Manteca is thriving on multiple fronts with key infrastructure, commercial, residential, and recreational developments.
About Symbium:
Symbium is a San Francisco-based company that is reinventing the citizen-to-government experience, with an initial focus on permitting and incentives for residential decarbonization projects (e.g., installation of solar panels, energy storage, heat pumps). Homeowners and contractors use Symbium to instantly understand and visualize what’s possible on a property, and then submit and manage permit and rebate applications. Key to this disruption is Symbium’s proprietary Complaw® technology, which enables a Turbotax-like mechanization of regulatory analysis and was initially developed by the founding team at Stanford AI Lab. Symbium is an awardee in the esteemed Third Derivative, Uptake Alliance, and IMPEL cohort of climate tech companies, the winner of the 2023 Association for Corporate Growth Awards in San Francisco, was a finalist in the 2022 ALP Alain Colmerauer Prolog Heritage Prize, has been recognized as a GovTech 100 company in 2023, 2022, and 2021, is a 2021 American Bar Association Women of Legal Tech award recipient, and is a 2020 Ivory Prize awardee for innovations in regulation and policy to achieve housing affordability. Symbium is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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