Straight answers to common questions

Solar panels turn sunlight into electricity. An inverter converts it to the power your home uses. Anything you don't use right away goes to your battery (if you have one) or back to the grid for a bill credit.

It depends on your usage, your roof and your utility's rates. Over 20+ years many homeowners save tens of thousands of dollars. We'll give you an estimate based on your actual bills — not a generic number.

California's current solar billing rules (the net billing tariff) pay less for power you send to the grid than older plans did. Using more of your own solar — often with a battery — is the key to getting the most value.

Most projects take about 4 to 10 weeks from signed contract to switch-on. Permits, HOA approval, panel upgrades and the utility can add time. The installation itself is typically one to two days, and your homeowner portal shows each step and what's next.

If your roof has less than about 10 years of life left, it's usually smarter to deal with it before solar goes on. We check every roof during the site survey and, when needed, coordinate that work with your solar.

Very little. Rain does most of the cleaning. We recommend keeping an eye on your monitoring app — if production drops, call us.

Typically 25–30 years, and quality panels still produce about 80% or more of their original output after 25 years.

Solar alone shuts off during an outage for safety. With a home battery, your home keeps running.

Tier-one panels (our standard is REC Alpha Pure-RX) with equipment from EG4, Enphase, FranklinWH, Lunar Energy, Sigenergy, SolarEdge and Tesla. See the systems we install.