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Solar & Battery Installation in Highland, CA
Highland sits at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino County, where long, hot inland summers keep rooftop solar producing hard year-round. The city runs one of the area's more streamlined permitting setups — automated SolarAPP+ review for most residential rooftop systems — and we design for everything here, from citrus-era bungalows near Palm Avenue to the tile roofs of East Highlands Ranch.
What going solar looks like in Highland
Highland homes are served by Southern California Edison (SCE), and permits run through City of Highland Building & Safety Division. We manage both for you. Under NEM 3.0, the smart play here is solar sized to charge a battery, so you run your home on stored solar during the expensive evening peak instead of buying power at top rates.
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- Permits handled through City of Highland Building & Safety Division
- Southern California Edison (SCE) interconnection & PTO managed end-to-end
- Custom, roof-first design for your home
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Solar designed around Highland
We design and install across Highland — including East Highlands Ranch, East Highland, West Highland, and Highland Historic District (Palm Avenue).
Climate & energy use
Highland sits against the San Bernardino Mountains foothills, and summer highs regularly in the 90s reward good panel ventilation and conservative string design. The foothill side of town carries real wildfire exposure — the 2024 Line Fire ignited along Base Line in East Highlands — and Santa Ana wind events bring Red Flag conditions and potential SCE PSPS outages, so many Highland homeowners pair solar with battery backup.
Roofs & housing stock
Highland's median home dates to the early 1980s. East Highlands Ranch and other late-1980s–90s tracts are mostly stucco homes with tile roofs that call for tile-specific mounting, West Highland runs to midcentury ranch homes with composition shingle, and the Palm Avenue Historic District holds citrus-era Queen Anne and Craftsman houses — rooftop systems on designated historic structures need Planning Division approval before a permit is issued.
HOA & design review
East Highlands Ranch is governed by the East Highlands Ranch Master Homeowners Association, whose architectural/landscape committee reviews exterior changes — we prepare that application alongside the city permit. Much of Highland outside the master-planned east side has no HOA, and California's Solar Rights Act limits any association to reasonable aesthetic conditions rather than outright denial.
Highland by the numbers
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That's part of the 6,373 projects & service calls OC Solar has handled across Southern California since 2016. Per our company records as of June 2026.
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10+
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Manufacturer certifications
1 of 12 installers- EnphaseInstaller NetworkStorage-certified · IQ Battery
- QcellsQ.PARTNERAuthorized installer
- RECCertified Solar ProfessionalProTrust warranty program
- SolarEdgeCertified Installer
- Owens CorningRoofing Preferred Contractor
Awards & recognition
2024- Solar Power WorldTop Solar Contractor2025#203 nationally
- PanasonicTop Residential Installer of the Year2023Southern California
- EY (Ernst & Young)Entrepreneur Of The Year — Finalist2025Pacific Southwest
- Orange County Business JournalExcellence in Entrepreneurship Award2026
- HouzzBest of Houzz2022
- AngiSuper Service Award2024
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