Solar Quotes in Houston, TX

If CenterPoint Energy is your utility

• Buyback depends on your retail plan. In areas where you can shop for electricity, you can choose a plan that includes a buyback rate. Source: PUCT, https://www.puc.texas.gov/consumer-help/electricity/solar/Default.aspx (accessed 2026-10-20)
• Your buyback rate comes from your retail electric provider, not CenterPoint. CenterPoint delivers power and handles interconnection; any credit for exported solar depends on the retail plan you pick from your retail electric provider. Source: https://www.puc.texas.gov/consumer-help/electricity/solar/Default.aspx (accessed 2026-10-20)
• CenterPoint's Distributed Generation Service (Rate DGS, Tariff for Retail Delivery Service Sheet 6.21) requires you to submit an Application for Interconnection and Parallel Operation of Distributed Generation and sign an interconnection agreement. For an exporting, pre-certified system of 0–10 kW that isn't on a network circuit, the listed pre-interconnection study fee is $75; pre-certified systems up to 500 kW that meet the tariff's feeder limits are exempt from study fees. Source: https://assets.centerpointenergy.com/api/public/content/tariff-for-retail-delivery-service-9-1-2026.pdf (accessed 2026-10-20)
• CenterPoint says you or your contractor apply through its online distributed generation interconnection portal. Source: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/Services/Pages/DGAP-FAQs.aspx?au=res&sa=HO (accessed 2026-10-20)
• PUCT rule 16 TAC §25.211 requires CenterPoint Energy, as a Texas transmission and distribution utility, to interconnect a system using pre-certified equipment within four weeks of receiving a completed application (six weeks for other systems), unless substantial utility upgrades are needed. Source: https://www.puc.texas.gov/agency/rulesnlaws/subrules/electric/25.211/25.211.pdf (accessed 2026-10-20)
• Under the same PUCT rule, a customer can't be charged distribution line, transmission, or interconnection operation-and-maintenance charges for exporting energy to the utility system. Source: https://www.puc.texas.gov/agency/rulesnlaws/subrules/electric/25.211/25.211.pdf (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. Which retail plans with buyback does your estimate assume?
2. Will you handle the CenterPoint interconnection application and the city permit?
3. Is my system pre-certified, and does your price include any CenterPoint study fee?

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