Find Your California Rebate in 20 Seconds

Enter your zip code on this page or call your electric company. They'll tell you which utility serves you. Each utility runs different rebate programs. The 7 regions above cover the biggest California utilities.

Look at your electric bill. It says your utility name at the top. Los Angeles = LADWP. Sacramento = SMUD. San Francisco Bay Area = PG&E. San Diego = SDG&E. Southern California = Southern California Edison (SCE).

Yes. Your utility's rebate plus state and federal rebates stack. In LA, LADWP rebates stack with SoCalGas and federal IRA credits. In Sacramento, SMUD covers multiple upgrades on the same system.

Yes. California winters rarely drop below freezing. Heat pumps are rated for -20°C and work well in California's mild climate. They save more heating dollars than in cold states.

Typically 8–12 weeks total. Application approval takes 2–4 weeks. Work gets done in 1–5 days. Rebate payment arrives in 4–8 weeks after completion.

It's a worse deal than it used to be, but for most homes it's still worth it — especially paired with a battery. Under NEM 3.0 (California's current net billing rules), the credit you get for extra solar power you send to the grid dropped a lot, from close to the retail price down to roughly 5–8 cents per kWh in most cases. That stretches payback for solar-only systems out to around 9–13 years. Adding a home battery changes the math: instead of selling your extra daytime power for a few cents, you store it and use it yourself in the evening when electricity is expensive. That typically brings payback down to around 7–9 years. California's Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) offers additional battery rebates on top of the 30% federal credit, which further shortens payback when a battery is part of the system. Bottom line: solar-only pencils out more slowly than it did a few years ago, but solar-plus-battery still makes financial sense for most California homeowners — get quotes that include a battery before deciding solar isn't worth it. Sources: California Public Utilities Commission — NEM/net billing, Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP)

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