Are we moving fast enough. Last month the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting issued 369 permits for photovoltaic systems compared to 219 for July 2018, an increase of 68 percent, representing the biggest year over year bump for a month since the slowing down of the solarcoaster. Over the first seven months of this year, DPP issued a total of 1,628 PV permits compared to 1,571 during the same period last year, an increase of 3.6 percent. Of the top PV 10 players on the island by permit counts, seven are up while three are down. Most dramatically, the state’s most dominant roof-top solar contractor these past several years, California-based Sunrun, is down 62 percent over the first seven months of the year on Oahu and 57 percent on Hawaii Island. The deployment of energy storage as part of new PV systems continues to go in the positive direction with 76 percent of all permits including batteries in July with an average of 75 percent so far this year. Two years ago that figure was under 30 percent. The state of Hawaii continues to lead the way in not just talking about how critically important the deployment of energy storage is in creating a robust and resilient smart grid, but actually installing such capacity across our island grids with the Tesla Powerwall and LG Chem RESU line leading the way. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guests for this episode are Marco Mangelsdorf, Marco Mangelsdorf and Marco Mangelsdorf.