Plug in. Point up. Power on.

From a balcony in Toronto, or Ottawa, or Hamilton, you can see more sunshine than you're ever allowed to use. Hundreds of thousands of Ontario households sit above a railing that bakes all afternoon, right when the power costs the most, and there's nothing they're allowed to do with it. Seems a bit of a waste.

It's pretty much what it sounds like. Small solar panels you plug into a regular wall outlet, like an appliance. You hang them on a balcony, a wall, or a railing, plug them in, and that's about it. Usually no electrician, no roof work, no permits. They quietly make power and send it straight into your home. Germany has more than a million of them. It's safe, it's proven, and it works everywhere it's allowed.

It's not that someone banned balcony solar in Ontario. It's that nobody's finished the paperwork to allow it. The product is nearly here, with a North American safety standard being written and certified units expected in months, not years. Toronto's city hall has already asked the province's Electrical Safety Authority to make room for them. Now the province just needs to open the door.

So we're asking the province and the Electrical Safety Authority to finish the job, adopt the standard, and let people plug a certified panel in. No new law needed, just the will to do it.