Get Clean Energy with Solar and a Home Battery in San Mateo, California
Sunrun Can Help Protect You during Unexpected Outages and Rate Spikes
4,297
Power outages that hit California from 2008 to 2017.1
+31%
San Mateo’s residential electricity rates vs. cities in other states.2
265
Average number of sunny days per year in San Mateo, CA.3
Team up with a San Mateo solar company like Sunrun, and you can build a brighter energy future for your family that starts today. Thanks to the plummeting costs of rooftop solar panels and battery storage systems,4,5 it could be cost-effective to switch to solar. This move can give you protection during outages and more control over electricity bills while significantly lowering your carbon footprint for decades.
How to Go Solar in San Mateo
Sunrun is the nation’s leading residential solar and energy storage company.6 We work so you can experience the benefits of solar in the most straightforward and affordable way possible. Check out our solar plans, with or without a battery storage in San Mateo, to see which one is the best fit for your budget and energy needs.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) 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 San Mateo could help you save money on 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
Our Made-to-Fit Solar Plans Start at $0 Down
Our Made-to-Fit Solar Plans Start at $0 Down
Each Sunrun solar plan offers unique advantages. Whether you choose a solar lease or a purchase plan, with or without solar battery storage, we’ll work hard so that you’re happy with your San Mateo solar panel installation for decades to come. We’re one of the best solar installers in San Mateo County. When possible, we’ll even take care of the paperwork for you.
Monthly Plan
Monthly Plan
Lease new Sunrun solar panels in San Mateo for little to $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 San Mateo 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 San Mateo, 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 San Mateo. This can help keep you powered during outages, cloudy days, rainy afternoons, at night, or when Time-of-Use (TOU) rates spike.9
Climate change and utility neglect have made wildfires and related outages more common across California year after year.
To protect communities and the grid, electric companies are rolling out Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), which leave millions of 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 San Mateo back-up 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 back-up energy solution compared to loud and dirty generators.
You can monitor your San Mateo 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 runs smoothly. This perk sets Brightbox apart from the average solar battery in San Mateo.
California’s Clean Energy Revolution Is at Full Speed
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 San Mateo, 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 gain energy independence? 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 San Mateo?
Why Choose Sunrun in San Mateo?
Since 2007, hundreds of thousands of people have chosen Sunrun to change the way 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
Don’t just take our word for it. See what people say about their Sunrun solar power systems and batteries.
Northern California
SOURCES:
1. Eaton Blackout Tracker Annual Report
2. San Mateo, CA electricity prices
3. San Mateo, CA annual sunny days
4. California solar state rank and solar price drop
5. California battery storage price drop
6. Sunrun ranked as leading residential solar-plus-storage vendor
7. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) net energy metering (NEM) program
8. California state solar incentives
9. PG&E 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.