[frumper]

I hired an electric company to put in a car charger. In order to participate in the EV pricing program it needed a 2nd meter, which needed a permit. The actual installation was a few hours. The permitting process went back and forth between city inspectors starting in September and didn’t get approved late January. The company didn’t fight anything, always did what they recommended and it still kept coming back with more “issues” and adjustments. The company said they’d never take a charger install job again in the city. It was ridiculous.

[ericd]

Yeah, that sounds a lot like the beginning of this job, the initial plan review for the building permit took like 4 months, and I had to call at each stage in the pipeline to get it moving again. They’re always super friendly, but they don’t seem proactive at all.

I don't see how a contractor could be efficient at all with this setup - I'm assuming they're better at getting things through building and planning, but even if it only took them a couple weeks, they'd need a pretty big pipeline to keep busy, to compensate for all the stalls.