Keep Control with Solar and a Home Battery in North County, California
Sunrun Can Give You More Peace of Mind during Outages and Rate Spikes
4,297
Power outages that hit California from 2008 to 2017.1
+37%
San Diego County residential electricity rates vs. cities in other states.2
+263
Average number of sunny days per year in Carlsbad,3 Del Mar,4 Encinitas,5 and Escondido, CA.6
Did you know that California is the best state for solar energy in the country?7 Thanks to the plummeting costs of rooftop solar panel systems and solar batteries,7,8 now could be an ideal time to team up with a North County solar company like Sunrun. This decision can give you protection from unexpected outages, increase your control over rising energy costs, and effectively lower your carbon footprint for decades.
How to Go Solar in North County
Sunrun is the leading residential solar and energy storage company in the U.S.9 We work so you can create and store your own solar power at home. Discover which of our solar plans, with or without a back-up power system, is the ideal fit for your budget and energy needs.
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has a net energy metering (NEM) program that could let you earn credits on your utility bill for the excess electricity your solar installation produces and sends to the electric grid.10 Net metering in North County 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
Get New Solar Panels for as Little as $0 Down
Get New Solar Panels for as Little as $0 Down
Each Sunrun solar plan offers unique advantages. Whether you choose a solar lease or a purchase plan, along with a solar battery system, we want you to be happy with your solar panel installation in North County for decades to come. In fact, we’re one of the best solar installers in San Diego County that you can team up with. When possible, we’ll even take care of the paperwork for you.
Monthly Plan
Monthly Plan
Lease new Sunrun solar panels in North County 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 North County solar power for home use at the best price. Our Sunrun Guarantee also backs it.
System Purchase
System Purchase
Own a home solar system in North County, 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 a home battery system.11
Solar + Brightbox™
Add Brightbox, Sunrun’s battery storage service, to your solar installation in North County. This can help keep you powered during outages, cloudy days, rainy afternoons, at night, or when Time-of-Use (TOU) rates spike.12
Climate change has increased U.S. wildfires. California alone was impacted by 14 of the 20 biggest wildfires on record in the past 15 years.13
Wildfires, their related outages, and Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) can leave homes without electricity for hours or days at a time.
With Brightbox, you can 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 back-up power for later use.
Brightbox is the North County energy 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 energy storage solution compared to loud and dirty generators.
You can monitor your North County solar energy 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 works smoothly. This perk sets Brightbox apart from the average solar battery in North County, California.
California’s Impressive Clean Energy Leadership
100%
State electricity generation that will come from clean and renewable energy sources by 2045.14
80%
California’s cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below 1990 levels by 2050.15
When you create and store your own clean energy in North County, 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, local electricity. Ready to join the solar revolution? Use 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 North County?
Why Choose Sunrun in North County?
Since 2007, hundreds of thousands of people have chosen Sunrun to build a brighter energy future for their families and the whole nation. 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.16
Don’t just take our word for it. See how Sunrun solar installations and batteries have changed American lives.
Southern California
SOURCES:
1. Eaton Blackout Tracker Annual Report
2. San Diego County electricity prices
3. Carlsbad, California sunny days per year
4. Del Mar, California sunny days per year
5. Encinitas, California sunny days per year
6. Escondido, California sunny days per year
7. California solar state rank / California solar price drop
8. California battery storage price drop
9. Sunrun ranked as leading residential solar-plus-storage vendor
10. San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) net energy metering (NEM) program
11. California solar incentives
12. SDG&E Time-of-Use (TOU) pricing plans
14. California 100% Clean Energy Act (Senate Bill 100)
15. 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.