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Solar and batteries in Southern California
How many of your neighbors went solar and how your utility credits it, from City of Los Angeles permits through Sep 27, 2026 and each utility's own rules. More cities are on the way.
- City of LA home solar permits since 2020
- 27,101
- issued in 2025
- 4,063
- of 2025 permits included a battery
- 23%
- LA neighborhoods with their own page
- 85
Batteries in the City of LA
Share of home solar permits that included a battery. LADWP still credits solar exports at the full retail rate, so here a battery is mostly about backup power.
Los Angeles neighborhoods
Every City of Los Angeles neighborhood with at least 60 home solar permits: installs by year, battery share and system sizes.
Most solar permits in 2025
Your utility's solar rules
Your utility decides what your solar exports are worth, and that decides whether a battery pays.
Guides
Plain answers for 2026: net billing, the end of the federal tax credit, batteries and how to pick an installer. Every fact links its official source.