Solar Quotes in Sacramento, CA

If SMUD is your utility

• On SMUD's Solar and Storage Rate, excess electricity you don't use or store can be sold back to SMUD at 9.6¢/kWh regardless of time of day or season. Source: https://www.smud.org/Going-Green/Solar-for-your-home (accessed 2026-10-20)
• SMUD charges a one-time interconnection fee for new solar, solar-plus-storage and storage-only systems (applied since March 1, 2022). SMUD says it does not offer solar rebates, but battery storage incentives are available. Source: https://www.smud.org/Going-Green/Solar-for-your-home (accessed 2026-10-20)
• SMUD's Solar and Storage Rate (Schedule SSR) credits all exported kWh at $0.0960/kWh effective June 1, 2026. Credits only offset electricity usage charges and carry over to later bills; SMUD updates the rate every four years. Source: https://www.smud.org/ir/-/media/Documents/Rate-Information/Rates/01_SSR.ashx (accessed 2026-10-20)

A note on the federal tax credit

The federal residential clean energy credit (25D) doesn't apply to expenditures made after December 31, 2025. The IRS treats an expenditure as made when installation is completed. Source: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-for-modification-of-sections-25c-25d-25e-30c-30d-45l-45w-and-179d-under-public-law-119-21-139-stat-72-july-4-2025-commonly-known-as-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-obbb (accessed 2026-10-20). This page isn't tax advice.

Questions to ask

1. Is the SMUD interconnection fee included in your price?
2. Does a battery make sense for me given SMUD's export rate?

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