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Solar & Battery Installation in Orange, CA
The City of Orange — from the historic Old Towne plaza to the newer East Orange hillsides — gets roof-first solar-plus-battery designs sensitive to its older roofs, with SCE interconnection handled for you.
What going solar looks like in Orange
Orange homes are served by Southern California Edison (SCE), and permits run through City of Orange. 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 Orange
- Southern California Edison (SCE) interconnection & PTO managed end-to-end
- Custom, roof-first design for your home
- One company for solar, battery, Tesla Solar Roof & HVAC
Local to Orange
Solar designed around Orange
We design and install across Orange — including Old Towne Orange Historic District, El Modena, Orange Park Acres, Mabury Ranch, Serrano Heights, and Santiago Hills.
Climate & energy use
Orange sits inland in central Orange County, well away from the coastal marine layer, so summers run hot and dry and afternoon cooling loads are high — a profile where pairing solar with a battery helps shift production into the late-day air-conditioning peak. The eastern foothills near Santiago Canyon and the Cleveland National Forest also carry elevated wildfire exposure, so backup storage adds resilience during heat-driven grid strain and Public Safety Power Shutoff conditions.
Roofs & housing stock
Housing stock ranges widely: the Old Towne area is full of early-1900s bungalows and Craftsman homes with steep composition-shingle roofs and protected historic character, while mid-century tracts elsewhere favor low- to moderate-slope composition shingle, and many newer East Orange and hillside homes carry Spanish-style concrete or clay tile. Each calls for a different mounting approach — careful flashing and layout on older and tile roofs, and slope-and-shading analysis on the foothill lots.
HOA & design review
Newer hillside communities such as Serrano Heights and Santiago Hills are master-planned with HOA architectural review, and we handle those submittals along with any added review for homes in or near the Old Towne historic district.
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Battery backup & solar repair in Orange
Yes — we handle more than new installs in Orange. Our in-house crews add battery backup to existing solar systems, diagnose and repair arrays regardless of who installed them, and remove and reinstall panels when a roof needs replacing.
The Public Safety Power Shutoff exposure noted above is exactly what backup batteries answer — stored solar keeps your Orange home's essentials running when the grid goes dark. And if a re-roof is coming, the tile roofs described in the notes above are why panel removal and reinstallation here is careful, flashing-first work — we detach, store, and reset your system and bring it back online.
Orange by the numbers
185
projects & service calls in Orange
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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Why Orange chooses OC Solar
Local crews, verified track record
10+
Years serving SoCal
Founded 2016
30+
MW installed
across Southern California
6,373+
Projects & service calls
by in-house crews
4.9★
Google rating
400+ reviews · BBB A+
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
#1 in California2026- Best Equipment2026
- Best Installation2026
Ratings, license & partnership
Since 2017- Yelp4.7★ rating451 reviews
- Google4.9★ rating400+ reviews
- CSLBLicense #1023627Licensed · Bonded · Insured
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Common questions in Orange
Yes — we serve Orange (Orange County) with solar, battery storage, the Tesla Solar Roof, and HVAC. We serve it from a nearby OC Solar office.
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