LADWP & SCE Utility Programs
LADWP & SCE Programs That Pay for Solar Projects
Program strategy is where solar deals are won or lost. Here is the current landscape in LADWP and SCE territory, from the Feed-in Tariff to Net Billing, and how we put each program to work for property owners.
LADWP
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Feed-in Tariff (FiT)
LADWP buys every kilowatt-hour your system produces at a set price under contracts of up to 20 years. This is the engine behind our rooftop and carport leasing model: contracted utility revenue funds guaranteed rent to you.
- Guaranteed payments for energy produced, at published program prices
- Contract options: 20 years, or 10 years extendable in one-year increments
- Systems from 30 kW up to multi-megawatt installations
FiT+ (Solar Plus Storage)
An expansion of the feed-in tariff built for paired solar and battery projects, turning intermittent rooftop generation into dispatchable clean energy and opening the model to storage economics.
- Purpose-built for solar plus storage pairings
- Same hosting model: we develop, you collect rent
Carport & Canopy Incentive
Cash incentives of $0.90 to $1.70 per watt for new solar carports and canopies, with EV charger deployment built into the program. This is how parking lots become profit centers with covered stalls and charging included.
EV charging detailsCurrent FiT Base Prices (In-Basin Solar)
| System Size | Base Price |
|---|---|
| 30 kW to 500 kW | 14.5¢/kWh |
| 500 kW to 3 MW | 14.0¢/kWh |
| Over 3 MW | 13.5¢/kWh |
Published LADWP program pricing, subject to change and to program capacity availability. We confirm current terms during assessment.
SCE
Southern California Edison
Net Billing Tariff (NEM 3.0)
Solar you use on site offsets retail rates; solar you export earns credits at time-varying values tied to the grid's actual needs. Export values are lowest midday and highest in the evening, which fundamentally rewards pairing solar with storage.
- Bill savings from every kilowatt-hour consumed on site
- Time-based export credits that storage can capture at their peak
- We optimize design around self-consumption, not just system size
Power Purchase Agreements
A third-party structure where we build, own, and operate the system on your property and sell you the power at a fixed rate, typically below utility pricing. No upfront cost, no performance risk, and a purchase option later in the term.
- $0 upfront, savings from the first bill
- Fixed rates that hedge decades of utility increases
- Maintenance on us for the life of the agreement
Our Role
We Speak Fluent Utility
Programs open, fill, and change terms with little notice. Application queues, interconnection studies, and compliance details decide project timelines as much as construction does. This is our daily work: we track allocations, file complete applications the first time, and structure projects so they qualify for every dollar available.
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