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Solar & Battery Installation in San Clemente, CA
San Clemente's Spanish-tile coastal homes need corrosion-aware, roof-first designs — we engineer for the salt air and run City of San Clemente permitting under SCE's Net Billing Tariff.
What going solar looks like in San Clemente
San Clemente homes are served by Southern California Edison (SCE), and permits run through City of San Clemente. 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 San Clemente
- 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 San Clemente
Solar designed around San Clemente
We design and install across San Clemente — including Talega, Forster Ranch, Rancho San Clemente, Marblehead, and Sea Pointe Estates.
Climate & energy use
San Clemente sits in a mild marine climate where coastal fog and onshore breezes keep most summer afternoons moderate, but inland hillside neighborhoods like Talega and Forster Ranch tend to run noticeably warmer and drive higher air-conditioning loads. Because the city blends ocean-influenced and canyon-adjacent terrain, pairing solar with battery storage helps many homeowners cover both evening cooling demand and grid-outage exposure during hot, dry wind events.
Roofs & housing stock
San Clemente's housing stock leans heavily on Spanish and Mediterranean styling, so concrete and clay barrel tile roofs are very common, alongside composition shingle on many newer tract and hillside homes. Tile roofs call for careful flashing and tile-replacement hooks during mounting, and the city's many sloped, view-oriented hillside lots mean panel layout often has to work around multiple roof planes and orientations.
HOA & design review
Many San Clemente homes sit within master-planned or gated communities such as Talega, Marblehead, and the Forster Ranch Reserves, where HOA architectural review of rooftop equipment is common, and we prepare and manage those submittals for you.
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Battery backup & solar repair in San Clemente
Yes — we handle more than new installs in San Clemente. 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.
A battery added to an existing San Clemente system does double duty: it stores your cheap daytime solar to use in the evening, and keeps essentials powered through outages. 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.
San Clemente by the numbers
114
projects & service calls in San Clemente
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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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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San Clemente solar FAQ
Common questions in San Clemente
Yes — we serve San Clemente (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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