Northridge, CA · 50 miles of Los Angeles
Cut the bill.
Keep the power.
Solar and battery systems engineered around your utility rate — SCE, LADWP, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena — and sized to what you actually use. We show you the math before you sign anything.
- Every utility in LA County, not just SCE
- Design, permitting, and install in-house
- We service systems we didn't sell
- Written estimates with the math shown
What changed in 2026
The tax credit expired.
The math didn’t die — it moved.
Section 25D, the 30% residential credit, ended on December 31, 2025. A lot of installers are still quoting it. We are not, because you would find out at tax time.
Here is what actually survived, and it is more than the headlines suggest. The commercial credit under Section 48E is still law, which means leases, PPAs, and prepaid plans can still capture roughly 30% federal value through the company that owns the system — and businesses still claim it directly.
SGIP battery rebates are still funded for customers of investor-owned utilities like SCE, with the largest amounts reserved for income-qualified households. And the thing that was always the real driver — California’s electricity prices — has kept climbing.
Where the value is now
Avoided consumption
Every kWh you make and use is one you don't buy at $0.36. This is now the whole ballgame, and it is why sizing matters more than it used to.
Storage arbitrage
Charge at midday when power is worth pennies, discharge at 6pm when it costs the most. This is what a battery is actually for under NEM 3.0.
SGIP rebates (SCE territory)
Still funded, still meaningful, and still unavailable to LADWP, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Azusa, and Anaheim customers — because they don't pay into it.
The 30% residential tax credit
Gone for systems you own, as of January 1, 2026. Anyone still quoting it on a purchase is either behind or hoping you won't check.
Run it yourself
Your bill, your utility, your actual numbers
Move the slider. Pick who bills you. The estimate updates live, and every assumption behind it is listed at the bottom so you can check our work.
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Who bills you?
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Your estimate
Your system
System size
6.6 kW
~15 panels
Saved per year
$3,484
at today's rates
Estimated cost
$36,645
solar + storage, installed
Payback
10.5 yrs
$108,000 over 25 yrs
Why the battery matters here. SCE runs NEM 3.0 net billing, which pays about $0.05 for a kilowatt-hour you export but charges up to $0.55 to buy one back at 6pm. Storing your own production instead of selling it adds roughly $1,706 a year on this bill. SGIP storage rebates may also apply in this territory.
Show the assumptions
Usage derived from $320/mo at SCE’s ~$0.36/kWh blended rate, giving 10,667 kWh a year.
Production at 5.6 peak sun hours a day with a 0.80 derate for inverter, wiring, soiling and heat losses: 10,792 kWh a year.
Self-consumption assumed at 88% of production; the remainder is exported at $0.05/kWh.
25-year figure compounds utility rates at 4.5% a year and degrades panel output 0.5% a year, net of system cost. Planning estimate only, not a quote.
How it actually works
Follow the electron
Six components, one decision point. Where your surplus goes — into a battery or out to the grid at a nickel — is the difference between a system that pays for itself and one that mostly makes you feel good.
What we do
Everything between the sun and your panel box
One company for the array, the battery, the service upgrade, the charger, and the repair call three years later. No handoffs to a subcontractor who has never seen your roof.
The detail most installers skip
Your utility changes the entire calculation
Los Angeles is not one electricity market. Cross a city line and the export credit, the rebate eligibility, and the permitting office all change. Here is the map we design against.
| Utility | Type | Avg rate | Export credit | SGIP rebates | What that means |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCESouthern California Edison | Investor-owned | $0.36 | $0.05NEM 3.0 net billing | Eligible | Highest rates in the service area and the toughest export credits — which is exactly why a battery pays for itself fastest here. SCE customers also fund SGIP, so storage rebates are on the table. |
| LADWPLos Angeles Department of Water and Power | Municipal | $0.27 | $0.24LADWP net energy metering | Not eligible | As a municipal utility, LADWP sets its own rules and still credits exports far closer to retail than NEM 3.0 does. The trade-off: LADWP customers are not eligible for SGIP battery rebates, and the permitting queue runs longer than the county's. |
| GWPGlendale Water & Power | Municipal | $0.23 | $0.20GWP net energy metering | Not eligible | Municipal rates are lower than SCE's, so payback leans on system size and self-consumption rather than export arbitrage. Glendale runs its own interconnection review. |
| BWPBurbank Water & Power | Municipal | $0.22 | $0.19BWP net energy metering | Not eligible | One of the lowest residential rates in the region, which makes right-sizing critical — an oversized array in Burbank exports power for less than it is worth to you. |
| PWPPasadena Water & Power | Municipal | $0.25 | $0.21PWP net energy metering | Not eligible | Pasadena's own net metering program remains more generous than the CPUC tariff, and the city has its own solar permitting path separate from LA County. |
| Azusa L&WAzusa Light & Water | Municipal | $0.21 | $0.18Azusa net energy metering | Not eligible | A small municipal utility with low rates and a short interconnection queue. Systems here are sized tightly to household usage. |
| Anaheim PUAnaheim Public Utilities | Municipal | $0.21 | $0.18Anaheim net energy metering | Not eligible | Anaheim runs its own rebate and net metering programs independent of the CPUC, and its rates sit well below neighboring SCE territory. |
Rates are approximate blended residential averages used for planning and change with your rate schedule, usage tier, and season. We model your specific schedule during the design.
How we work
Five steps, no surprises
Send us a bill
Twelve months if you have them. That single document tells us more than a site visit would.
We model it
Your rate schedule, your roof's irradiance and shading, your usage curve. You get the numbers in writing.
Site survey
Roof condition, panel capacity, battery location, conduit routing. This is where hidden costs get found, not later.
Permits & plan check
We file with your city and your utility, answer the corrections, and manage the schedule.
Install & PTO
One to two days on the roof, then inspection and Permission to Operate. We stay on it until the meter spins backward.
Where we work
110 cities, one radius
Fifty miles out from Los Angeles in every direction — Palmdale to Long Beach, Camarillo to Anaheim. Each city page covers the utility, the permitting authority, and what the roofs are actually like there.
Common questions
Straight answers
Including the ones that cost us sales. If a system does not make sense for your roof or your rate, we would rather say so now.
Is solar still worth it in Los Angeles in 2026?
For most homes on SCE, yes — but the reason has changed. The federal residential tax credit under Section 25D expired at the end of 2025, and NEM 3.0 pays very little for exported power. What still works is high retail rates: every kilowatt-hour you generate and use yourself is one you never buy at $0.36 or more. That is why a correctly sized system paired with storage still pays back, while an oversized export-heavy system no longer does.
Can I still get a tax credit for solar?
Not on a system you buy outright — Section 25D expired December 31, 2025. The commercial credit under Section 48E is still in force, which means third-party-owned systems such as leases and power purchase agreements can still capture roughly 30% federal value through the financier, and businesses can still claim it directly on systems they own. We will lay out which structures still carry an incentive for your situation, and you should confirm the tax treatment with your own CPA.
How much does solar cost in Los Angeles?
Most residential systems in our service area land between $12,000 and $30,000 installed before any incentives, depending on size and roof complexity, with battery storage adding roughly $1,100 to $1,300 per usable kilowatt-hour. Our calculator gives you a specific number from your own bill, and our written proposal includes any panel upgrade or roof work rather than treating those as surprises.
Do you serve my city?
We install everywhere within 50 miles of Los Angeles, from Northridge out to Palmdale, Camarillo, Long Beach, and northern Orange County. We have dedicated pages for 110 cities covering the permitting authority and utility rules in each one. If your city is not listed and you are inside the radius, we still serve you.
Do I have to buy panels from you for you to service my system?
No. A large share of our service work is on systems installed by companies that have since gone out of business. We diagnose, repair, restore monitoring, replace inverters, and file manufacturer warranty claims on systems from any installer.
Send us one electric bill. We’ll send back the math.
No pressure, no in-home closing pitch, no number that changes if you say you want to think about it. A written design and a real estimate, based on your rate and your roof.