Is solar worth it for your home in San Diego?

SDG&E still delivers the power, reads meters, sends the bill and handles interconnection. For Community Power customers, Community Power sets the generation import charges and generation export credits, and it runs its own Solar Billing Plan program.

Existing net energy metering customers keep that plan for a 20 year legacy period, according to SDG&E and San Diego Community Power. SDG&E states they enter the Solar Billing Plan when that period ends.

For single family, duplex or townhouse roofs designed to the template in Information Bulletin 301, with output no more than 38.4 kW AC and no fire, structural or other building review needed, the Development Services Department self issues the permit with no plan review. Applications go through the city's online Accela portal.

The federal residential clean energy credit, section 25D, ended for home solar expenditures made after December 31, 2025, under the law signed July 4, 2025. The IRS treats the expenditure as made when installation is completed, so a system completed in 2026 does not qualify even if it was paid for earlier.

No. The consultation is free for homeowners, and there is no obligation to buy anything.

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