New Feature Ship: Introducing Configurable Partner Permissions

A smarter way to manage Partner access in Shared Sites

Shared Sites exists because distributed solar involves many stakeholders. Asset Owners, Operators, and Guests all need visibility into performance, but not always to the same degree. Until now, assigning a Partner Type gave structure, but it did not give you control over what information each Partner could actually see.

This update changes that. You still assign Partner Types exactly as before, but now you have more flexibility to determine what information each Partner can view or edit inside your Popular Power workspace. It is a simple improvement with a real operational impact: clearer access, cleaner collaboration, and controls that match how distributed portfolios actually work.

Why this matters

Distributed solar teams work with multiple organizations across development, operations, maintenance, and investment. Each plays a different role, and each needs a different level of visibility.

Previously, Partner access lived in a single field with limited options. With Configurable Partner Permissions, you can now define more precise access for every Partner, without changing your existing Partner Types.

This gives you:

• Control over what each Partner can view or modify

• More consistent workflows across teams and customers

• Flexibility to assign any permission level to any existing Partner

What’s new: Partner Permission Levels

We’ve added a dedicated field called Partner Permissions, which lets you choose from four levels of access based on the relationship you have with that Partner.

What changes in the interface

The primary change in the interface is related to alerts and is most seen in the Limited View permission. Partners assigned to Limited View will no longer see alert information anywhere in the platform. This includes:

• Alert Center

• Alerts in the single-site view

• Alerts column in All Sites

• Home page alert widgets

• Alert tags in summaries

These elements are automatically removed for the Partners who should not access them.

How Partner Permissions works with Partner Type

Partner Type stays exactly the same: Owner, Operator, and Guest. Think of Partner Type as the category, and Partner Permissions as the actual level of access inside the interface. Partner Type organizes your Partners. Partner Permissions determines what they can do.

Owners

Can be assigned any of the four permission levels.

Operators

Can be assigned any of the four permission levels, though Limited Edit Access is most aligned with their role.

Guests

Can be assigned two of the options: Full View or Limited View.

A practical example

Consider a fictional solar developer, Revolution Solar, which manages a 10 MWp PPA portfolio across 12 sites for a large industrial customer, Popular CPG Industries. Popular CPG values transparency. They want real-time insight into performance, savings, and carbon impact for their internal reporting. As the provider, Revolution Solar is happy to offer that visibility.

What Popular CPG does not need is day to day operational noise. They are not managing alerts, troubleshooting hardware, or making O&M decisions. They simply need trusted, high-level information.

With Configurable Partner Permissions, Revolution Solar can set this up cleanly. They assign Popular CPG the Partner Type of Guest, which is typical for end customers, and select Limited View so the organization sees the information that matters to them without exposure to alerts or operational details.

It is a straightforward way to give stakeholders exactly what they need, and nothing they do not.

A clearer model for distributed collaboration

As distributed portfolios expand and workflows grow more interconnected, simple access controls become essential infrastructure. This update brings more precision to Shared Sites so you can share the right information with the right Partners, without compromising visibility or creating operational noise.

If you want help reviewing or configuring your Partner Permissions, we’re here to support you.

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