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Los Angeles County · LADWP

Solar Panel Installation in Sunland-Tujunga, CA

High fire severity zoning plus frequent wind events make Sunland-Tujunga one of the areas where backup storage gets bought for resilience first and savings second.

We are based in Northridge, 13 miles away, and we design Sunland-Tujunga systems around Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s actual rate structure rather than a national average. Permits go through City of Los Angeles LADBS. Roofs here are typically composition shingle, which determines the mounting hardware we quote.

Sunland-Tujunga at a glance

Electric utility
LADWP
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Peak sun hours
5.8 hrs/day
Annual daily average
Permitting authority
City of Los Angeles LADBS
Los Angeles County
Export credit
~$0.24/kWh
LADWP net energy metering
SGIP battery rebate
Not available
Municipal utility territory
From our shop
13 miles
Northridge, CA

A typical Sunland-Tujunga project

What a $300 bill looks like after

Modeled on LADWP’s approximate $0.27 per kWh and 5.8 peak sun hours a day in Sunland-Tujunga. Your own numbers will differ — this is the shape of the answer, not a quote.

System size
7.9 kW
~18 panels
Annual production
13,413 kWh
after standard derating
Annual savings
$3,573
at today's rates
Simple payback
11.4 yrs
$107,494 over 25 years

LADWP in plain language

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.

You buy at

$0.33

peak, 4–9pm

You sell at

$0.24

exported surplus

That narrow gap is why solar alone still performs well in Sunland-Tujunga. A battery here earns its keep through outage protection rather than rate arbitrage, and we will tell you honestly which one you are buying.

Run your own numbers

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$320/ month
$60$900+

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A Sunland-Tujunga system

Bill offset98%
Today$320
With solar + battery$12

System size

8.4 kW

~19 panels

Saved per year

$3,772

at today's rates

Estimated cost

$42,277

solar + storage, installed

Payback

11.2 yrs

$114,329 over 25 yrs

A different calculation. LADWP is a municipal utility, so it sets its own rules and still credits exports near retail — about $0.24 per kilowatt-hour. Solar alone performs well here. A battery is worth buying for outage protection rather than for rate arbitrage, and LADWP customers are not eligible for SGIP.

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Usage derived from $320/mo at LADWP’s ~$0.27/kWh blended rate, giving 14,222 kWh a year.

Production at 5.8 peak sun hours a day with a 0.80 derate for inverter, wiring, soiling and heat losses: 14,158 kWh a year.

Self-consumption assumed at 88% of production; the remainder is exported at $0.24/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.

Sunland-Tujunga questions

Answered with local numbers

Specific to Sunland-Tujunga, LADWP, and City of Los Angeles LADBS.

How much does solar cost in Sunland-Tujunga?

A typical Sunland-Tujunga home paying around $300 a month to LADWP needs roughly a 7.9 kW system, which lands near $25,344 installed before storage. Adding the 13.5 kWh battery we would normally pair with it brings the project to about $40,869. Roof type matters here: composition shingle is what we mostly see in Sunland-Tujunga, and that affects mounting hardware and labor.

Is solar worth it in Sunland-Tujunga with LADWP?

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. At 5.8 peak sun hours a day, a 7.9 kW array in Sunland-Tujunga produces roughly 13,413 kWh a year. Against LADWP's approximate $0.27 per kWh, that is around $3,573 of annual value, putting simple payback near 11.4 years.

Who issues solar permits in Sunland-Tujunga?

Permits for Sunland-Tujunga go through City of Los Angeles LADBS, and interconnection is handled separately by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Those are two different clocks and they do not run in parallel by default. We file both and chase the corrections, which is usually where projects stall when homeowners manage it themselves.

Do you install batteries in Sunland-Tujunga?

Yes. Note that Sunland-Tujunga is served by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, a municipal utility, so SGIP rebates are not available — that program is funded by investor-owned utility ratepayers. LADWP still credits exports near retail at roughly $0.24 per kWh, so in Sunland-Tujunga a battery is primarily about outage protection rather than rate arbitrage.

How far is Sunland-Tujunga from your Northridge shop?

About 13 miles. That is comfortably inside our core service area, so surveys and service calls are quick to schedule.

Ready for a Sunland-Tujunga system design?

Send us one LADWP bill. We will come back with a layout, a production model, and a real number.

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