Want More Energy Freedom? Consider Solar and Storage in Irvine, California
Get Protection during Outages and Rate Spikes with Sunrun Today
4,297
Blackouts that hit California from 2008 to 2017.1
+34%
Irvine’s residential electricity rates vs. the national average.2
281
Average number of sunny days per year in Irvine, CA.3
Did you know that California is the #1 state for solar in the U.S.?2 Thanks to the plummeting costs of rooftop solar panels and backup power systems,4,5 it could be cost-effective to team up with an Irvine solar company like Sunrun. A switch to solar can protect your home during planned and unexpected outages, boost your control over electric bills, and lower your carbon footprint for decades.
How to Go Solar in Irvine
Sunrun is the country’s leading residential solar and energy storage company.6 We work so you can experience more energy independence and security. Discover which of our solar plans, with or without a home battery in Irvine, is the ideal 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 Irvine could help you save money on your future electricity bills.
Solar made better
- Learn about the federal tax credit
- Find your ideal system and battery
- Get your cost to go solar today
How Would You Like to Make the Switch to Solar?
How Would You Like to Make the Switch to Solar?
Each Sunrun solar plan has unique advantages. Whether you choose a solar lease or a purchase plan, along with an energy backup system, our goal is to ensure that you’re completely satisfied with your Irvine solar panel installation for decades. As one of the best solar installers in California that you can team up with, we’ll even take care of the paperwork for you whenever possible.
Monthly Plan
Monthly Plan
Lease new Sunrun solar panels in Irvine 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 Irvine for home use at the best price. Our Sunrun Guarantee also backs it.
System Purchase
System Purchase
Own an Irvine 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 Irvine. 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 year after 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 Irvine 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 Irvine 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 Irvine.
California Leads America’s Clean Energy Revolution
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 Irvine, 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 locally. Ready to bring home the benefits of solar and storage? 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 Irvine?
Why Choose Sunrun in Irvine?
Since 2007, hundreds of thousands of people have chosen Sunrun to change how they power their lives. 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 better 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. Irvine, CA electricity prices
3. Irvine, CA annual sunny days
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.