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Solar & Battery Installation in Santa Clarita, CA
The Santa Clarita Valley's hot, inland summers and SCE fire-season Public Safety Power Shutoffs make battery backup a smart pairing with solar across Valencia, Saugus, and Newhall.
What going solar looks like in Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita homes are served by Southern California Edison (SCE), and permits run through City of Santa Clarita. 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 Santa Clarita
- 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 Santa Clarita
Solar designed around Santa Clarita
We design and install across Santa Clarita — including Valencia, Saugus, Newhall, Canyon Country, Bridgeport, Sand Canyon, and Plum Canyon.
Climate & energy use
Santa Clarita sits in an inland valley north of the San Fernando Valley, where summer afternoons regularly push into the upper 90s and triple digits, driving heavy late-day air-conditioning use that pairs well with a battery sized to carry the evening peak. The surrounding chaparral hillsides and canyon corridors also put much of the valley in elevated wildfire and Santa Ana wind territory, so designs here weigh backup runtime and panel placement around fire-resilient roof zones.
Roofs & housing stock
Much of Santa Clarita's housing stock is newer master-planned, tract, and hillside construction, so concrete S-tile and flat clay-tile roofs are very common alongside composition asphalt shingle, with some low-slope sections on contemporary homes. Tile roofs call for careful tile-replacement flashing and added labor compared with shingle, and hillside and canyon lots can introduce shading or multi-plane orientations that shape array layout.
HOA & design review
Many Santa Clarita homes sit in master-planned communities like Valencia and Bridgeport with active HOAs and architectural review, and we prepare those submittals as part of the install.
Santa Clarita by the numbers
14
projects & service calls in Santa Clarita
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 Santa Clarita 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 Santa Clarita
Yes — we serve Santa Clarita (Los Angeles County) with solar, battery storage, the Tesla Solar Roof, and HVAC. We serve it from a nearby OC Solar office.
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