Sunrun has been awarded a Change Prize by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative and will participate in the SunShot Prize: Race to 7-Day Solar. The competition launches Sept. 22 with a goal to motivate local governments, communities, solar companies and electric utilities to shorten the time it takes to get solar on a home to one week. Over the next 18-months, Sunrun will compete with four other teams to cut the permit-to-plug-in time for small PV systems up to 100 kilowatts. Sunrun will install a minimum of 10 megawatts (MW) of residential solar installations and work to continuously reduce the time it takes from when a permit or interconnection application is submitted to the time the solar system is activated. The Energy Department will award scores for time, performance and replicability.