Solar & Battery Installation in Irvine, CA

Yes — we serve Irvine (Orange County) with solar, battery storage, the Tesla Solar Roof, and HVAC. We have a local OC Solar office here.

Irvine is served by Southern California Edison (SCE). We handle interconnection and Permission to Operate (PTO) with them end-to-end so you don't have to.

Yes. We prepare and submit all permits through City of Irvine and track each one, with weekly status updates until your system is switched on.

Under California's NEM 3.0, a battery is usually what makes solar pay off — it stores your cheap daytime solar to use during the expensive 4–9 PM peak on Southern California Edison (SCE)'s time-of-use rates, and keeps your home powered during outages.

There's no honest single Irvine price — cost is driven by your system size (kW), your roof's layout and condition, the equipment you choose, and any electrical work like a main-panel upgrade. Your exposure to Southern California Edison (SCE) rates and whether you pair a battery under NEM 3.0 drive the value side. See our guide to California solar cost by system size for what moves the number, use our savings calculator to model your bill, and we'll price your actual roof with a free, itemized estimate.

Yes. Beyond new installs, we add battery storage to existing Irvine solar systems, diagnose and repair systems regardless of who originally installed them, and remove and reinstall panels when a roof needs replacing — one licensed local team (CSLB #1023627) for all of it.

Most Irvine homes are inside a master-planned village with its own HOA and architectural-review committee, so along with the building and electrical permit through the City of Irvine, your project usually needs an HOA design-review submittal. California's solar-rights law limits how an association can restrict a rooftop system, but the review step is still part of the timeline. We prepare and manage both the City of Irvine permit and the HOA architectural package so you don't have to coordinate them yourself.

The independent 2026 rankings are the honest way to answer that, and they say yes. ConsumerAffairs named OC Solar the #1 solar company in California for 2026 (Buyer's Choice), and on Solar Power World's official 2026 lists the company is the No. 5 Installer in California (2026 Residential list filtered to State = California and Primary Service = Installer), the No. 3 primary-service Installer nationally on the 2026 Solar + Storage list, and the No. 159 U.S. Top Solar Contractor overall. OC Solar is headquartered here in Irvine (CSLB #1023627), with 30+ megawatts installed and a 4.9-star Google rating across 400+ reviews — every ranking and rating above is linked from our reviews page so you can verify it at the source.

Yes. OC Solar is an Owens Corning roofing contractor and installs HVAC alongside solar and battery, so a re-roof, new heating and cooling, and your solar system can run as one coordinated Irvine project — one licensed company (CSLB #1023627), one schedule, one accountable team.