Solar Quotes in Bend, OR
Your utility's rules
Many homes in the Bend area are served by Pacific Power. Confirm which rules apply to your account before you sign.
- Pacific Power's Oregon Schedule 135 covers residential systems up to 25 kW. When you send more energy to the grid than you use, the excess becomes a kWh credit applied at the full retail rate for each kWh-based charge on the next bill. Source: https://www.pacificpower.net/content/dam/pcorp/documents/en/pacificpower/rates-regulation/oregon/tariffs/rates/135_Net_Metering_Service_Optional_for_Qualifying_Customers.pdf (accessed 2026-10-20)
- Oregon law (ORS 757.300) lets utilities credit excess kWh each billing period, and for the billing cycle ending in March each year (or another agreed date), any unused kWh credit from the prior year goes to the utility's low-income assistance programs, to the customer, or to another use the PUC sets. Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors757.html (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
- Which Pacific Power net metering or export rule will my system be on, and what is the current credit rate?
- How did you size the system against my last 12 months of usage, and what export share did you assume?
- Who files the interconnection application, and how long does permission to operate usually take here?
- What's included in the price (permits, inspections, monitoring), and what warranties cover panels, inverter and workmanship?
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