Get More Peace of Mind with Solar and Storage in Brea, California
Sunrun Can Help Protect Your Home during Blackouts and Rate Spikes
4,297
Power outages that hit California from 2008 to 2017.1
+34%
Brea’s residential electricity rates vs. the national average.2
283
Average number of sunny days per year in Brea, CA.3
Great news: California is the #1 state for solar in the country.2 Thanks to the plummeting costs of rooftop solar panels and backup power systems,4,5 it could be cost-effective to create and store your own clean energy with a Brea solar company like Sunrun. A switch to solar can give you protection during planned and unexpected outages, boost your control over electricity bills, and lower your home carbon emissions for decades.
How to Go Solar in Brea
Sunrun is the leading residential solar and energy storage company in the U.S.6 We work so you can gain more energy freedom and security—simply and affordably. Discover which of our solar plans, with or without a home battery in Brea, is the best fit for your budget and energy needs.
Southern California Edison (SCE) has a net energy metering (NEM) program that could let you earn credits on your utility bill for the excess solar power you produce and send to the grid.7 Net metering in Brea could help you save money on your future electric bills.
Solar made better
- Learn about the federal tax credit
- Find your ideal system and battery
- Get your cost to go solar today
We Have a Solar Plan for Almost Any Budget
We Have a Solar Plan for Almost Any Budget
Each Sunrun solar plan has unique advantages. Whether you decide to go with a solar lease or a purchase plan, along with energy backup, our goal is to ensure that you’re completely satisfied with your Brea solar panel installation for decades. As one of the best solar installers in California, we’ll even take care of the paperwork for you when possible.
Monthly Plan
Monthly Plan
Lease new Sunrun solar panels in Brea with as little as $0 down. Lock in predictable monthly payments and get our industry-leading Sunrun Guarantee.
Full Amount Lease
Full Amount Lease
Prepay for up to 25 years of solar energy in Brea for home use at the best price. Our Sunrun Guarantee also backs it.
System Purchase
System Purchase
Own a Brea home solar system, and you could build home value. You may be eligible for California solar incentives, like the federal solar tax credit,* a property tax exclusion, and a solar rebate for battery storage.8
Solar + Brightbox™
Add Brightbox, Sunrun’s battery storage service, to your solar installation in Brea. This can help keep you powered during outages, cloudy days, rainy afternoons, at night, or when Time-of-Use (TOU) rates spike.9
Utility neglect and climate change have transformed California’s wildfire season and related outages into a longer and tougher battle each year.
To keep communities and the power grid safe, electric companies are rolling out Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS). PSPS can leave homes without electricity for hours or days at a time.
Brightbox can help you back up your entire home with a Tesla Powerwall, or you can back up just the rooms you need with an LG Chem solar battery.**
When the sun is out, Brightbox can store clean and affordable backup power for later use.
Brightbox is the Brea battery storage solution that puts you in control. It can turn on during an outage and will work to recharge until the grid’s restored.
No fuel, no fumes, no noise, no hassle. Brightbox is a superior backup energy solution compared to loud and dirty generators.
You can monitor your Brea solar power production and storage daily with the online dashboard and mobile app.
Our monthly lease and prepaid plans include 24/7 proactive monitoring and maintenance to ensure your home solar energy system runs smoothly. This benefit sets Brightbox apart from the average solar battery in Brea.
Support California’s Ambitious Clean Energy Goals
100%
State electricity generation that will come from clean and renewable energy sources by 2045.10
80%
California’s cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below 1990 levels by 2050.11
When you create and store your own clean energy in Brea, you can also reduce your dependence on toxic, dangerous fossil fuels. This will help build a more modern and resilient energy system that runs on renewable electricity made in California. Ready to join the solar revolution? Try out our Product Selector or request a free quote to get one-on-one service from our expert Solar Advisors. Together we can keep California clean and vibrant for generations to come.
Why Choose Sunrun in Brea?
Why Choose Sunrun in Brea?
Since 2007, hundreds of thousands of people have chosen Sunrun to join the solar revolution. To date, our customers’ solar arrays have generated billions of kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean, renewable energy and kept millions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from entering the atmosphere. This is equivalent to preventing billions of pounds of coal or millions of gallons of gasoline from burning.12
American families can help us create a brighter energy future for the whole nation, one home solar panel installation at a time. See what people say about their experience with Sunrun.
Southern California
SOURCES:
1. Eaton Blackout Tracker Annual Report
2. Brea, CA electricity prices
4. California solar state rank and solar price drop
5. California battery storage systems price drop
6. Sunrun ranked as leading residential solar-plus-storage vendor
7. Southern California Edison’s (SCE) net energy metering (NEM) program
8. California state solar incentives
9. SCE Time-of-Use (TOU) rate plans
10. California 100% Clean Energy Act (Senate Bill 100)
11. California Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act (Senate Bill 350)
*We recommend contacting a tax professional to accurately determine the impact of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) on your federal taxes.
**One Tesla Powerwall stores 13.5 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of usable electricity, which can be used to back up the home for a day. An LG Chem solar battery holds 9.8 kWh, which can be used to back up essential parts of the home from 8 to 12 hours.