Solar-Tec Systems, Inc is a Southern California Solar Electric Power Contractor that installs residential and commercial California Solar Initiative (CSI) solar electric power systems in San Diego County on the San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison utility grids. We can help you to become energy independent with a state-of-the-art solar electric residential power system that takes advantage of the current California Residential Solar Initiative (CSI) solar electric rebate incentives and the Federal Solar Energy Tax Credits. Solar-Tec Systems, Inc. would handle the San Diego solar electrical building permit process and file the utility interconnection agreement to connect your PV system to the utility grid. We would procure the solar electric system components, install and commission your grid tie solar electric power system.  

Residential Solar Electric Power Systems          Business Solar Electric Power Systems           Home Solar Hot Water Heating Systems          Solar Pool Heating Systems                 Solar-Tec Systems, Inc. is a California Solar Electric System Contractor that installs commercial and residential utility grid tie solar electric power systems under the California Solar Initiative (CSI) Program. We install residential and commercial grid tie solar electric power systems for all Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Pacific Gas & Electric utility customers. We can help California homeowners to become energy independent with a state-of-the-art solar electric residential power system that takes advantage of the current California Solar Initiative (CSI) solar electric rebate incentives and the new 2009 Solar Electric Power System 30% Federal  Investment Tax Credit.  Solar-Tec Systems, Inc. has been designing and installing renewable energy systems since 1998; we offer turn-key residential and commercial solar electric power, hot water heating and pool heating system installations in Southern California.          New 2010 Federal Residential 30% Solar Electric System Investment Tax Credit       To help homeowners invest in their own solar energy system, the new 2008 Residential Solar Investment Federal Tax Credit allows homeowners to invest in your own roof or ground mount solar electric power system and receive a 2009 Solar Electric Power System 30% Federal  Investment Tax Credit with no $2,000 cap. All California homeowners can use the sun’s energy to power a utility grid-tie solar electric PV power system or heat a domestic solar hot water heating system for your home and receive a Solar Electric Power System 30% Federal  Investment Tax Credit for each solar system installed between December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2016.. Individuals who install a residential solar electric panels or solar hot water heating panel systems will receive a credit against their income tax liability and carry unused credits forward to the next succeeding year. The 30 percent of the installed cost, including equipment and labor for a residential solar electric power system or solar hot water heating system installed between December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2016.     Solar-Tec Systems, Inc. has been installing solar electric power systems since 1998. Solar-Tec Systems, Inc. is a licensed, bonded and insured California Solar Energy System Contractor and we guarantee our workmanship with a 10-year full-system warranty. We would design the residential solar electric system for your home and reserve the California CSI solar electric rebate incentive for the system. We would  “carry” the California CSI solar electric incentive rebate for you, thereby reducing your out-of-pocket costs. We handle the California CSI solar rebate incentive application paperwork and rebate claim processing, from start to finish. Solar-Tec Systems, Inc. would handle the solar electrical building permit process and file the utility interconnection agreement to connect your solar electric system to the local utility grid. We would design and install the solar electric system components and commission your grid tie solar electric system.                                                                                                  Solar- Tec Systems installed Residential Solar Electric PV Power Systems 6K Pole Mount PV System in Whittier, CA 5K Roof Mount PV System in Rancho Mirage, CA 7K Ground Mount PV System in Laguna Beach, CA 7K Roof Mount PV System in Capistrano Beach, CA 12K Ground Mount System in Murrieta, CA . 6K Pole Mount PV System in Whittier, CA It's time to be your own electric power supplier      The California Solar Initiative Program (CSI), provides $2.2 Billion in solar electric PV rebate incentives over the next decade for existing and new residential homes, commercial, industrial, and agricultural properties to install solar electric grid tie power systems.  Solar-Tec Systems, Inc. installs residential solar electric panel grid tie power systems that qualify for the California CSI solar electric rebate incentives in Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles and Riverside County California. The current California CSI solar electric rebate incentives are available on a First Come-First Served Basis for all Southern California Edison, Anaheim Public Utilities, Imperial Irrigation District, Moreno Valley Utility, San Diego Gas & Electric and Pacific Gas & Electric customers. Contact  Solar-Tec Systems, Inc. to reserve your CSI California Solar Electric PV rebate for your solar electric system, a rebate reservation will guarantee your California CSI solar electric rebate incentive for one year. These solar rebate incentives help homeowners afford to install their own residential grid-tie solar electric power system or grid tie battery back up solar electric system to give them power when the grid is down. California solar electric PV system installations are also exempt from property tax in California. Invest in your own grid-tie solar electric power system today and protect yourself from future electric rate increases. California Residential Solar Electric Power System Owners Benefit from Time-of-Use Metering Program       California's solar electric panel system installations under the net metering law provides that all utilities must allow customers with solar electric systems rated up to 1.5 MW to interconnect with the local utility grid and receive retail value for the electricity produced. The owner of a residential grid-connected solar electric power system may buy and sell electricity each month under the Time-of-Use program. Southern California Edison’s Time-of-Use program is designed to encourage customers to reduce electricity use by charging higher rates during peak hours. This is a great advantage for solar electric power system owners.      For example, Southern California Edison Tier 5 Time Of Use rate allows a PV system owner to run your electric meter backwards at up to $0.48 per kWh during the weekday afternoons when your solar electric power system would be generating its maximum amount of power and purchase electricity during the evenings at $0.12 per kWh. Southern California Edison would change your meter so that it can measure the amounts of electricity you use within different time periods each day of the week. With your new meter, you can check your usage during each of the Time-of-Use rate periods and monitor your electric usage patterns. This Time of Use billing method effectively improves the economics of your solar electric power system by a factor of 15% to 40% depending on your home's electrical usage.                                                       Solar-Tec Systems installed grid-tie solar electric system  1. Solar Power Source It starts with the sun. We harness the energy of the sun with solar electric panels and put that power to work for you, in your home or business.    2. Power production On both sunny and cloudy days solar panels will produce power with a solar electric system. When sunlight falls on the solar panels, it creates electricity. There are no moving parts, so there’s no noise. Solar panels are made using high tech processes similar to those used to manufacture computer chips. Solar cells in solar electric panels convert sunlight directly into DC power.  3. Home installation The solar panels are typically attached to your home’s roof to maximize the amount of sunlight they receive and therefore power they can produce. The universal roof attachment system is specifically pre-engineered and tested for strength and can fit nearly any roof type. Solar panels have a 25 year performance warranty and an estimated life span of 50 to 70 years, a solar electric power system is a great investment, giving you and your family decades of free energy and peace of mind. 4. Electricity you can use The electrical current produced by the solar electric panels is DC (Direct Current). This generated DC power is converted to AC power with an inverter to power your home. The electrical appliances and lights in your home operate on AC (Alternating Current) electricity. Your solar electric power system includes a Utility Inverter to convert the DC electricity to AC. Whether it is from the Southern California Edison utility grid or from your solar electric power system, the electricity you use is identical. During the day, if your solar system produces more electricity than your home or business is using, excess electric power generated would be returned to the grid and credited to your utility electricity account with a Southern California Edison net metering agreement  .  5. Connecting it up The final step to producing your own solar electricity is connecting your solar electric power system to the Southern California Edison utility grid. Solar-Tec Systems would interconnect your solar electric power system to the Southern California Edison grid and complete the SCE net metering application for your the solar electric system installation. Now you’re capturing the energy of the sun to generate your own electricity for your home.       SMA Sunny Boy SB7000US Grid-Tie Inverter The SMA SunnyBoy SB7000US grid tie inverter is a proven, reliable, high quality pure sine wave grid tie inverter that offers Maximum Power Point Tracking          Solar-Tec Systems, Inc. offers turn-key grid tie residential Solar Roof solar energy power system installations in Southern California. Solar-Tec Systems, Inc.  provides architects, engineers, commercial developers and private homeowners with a single source of responsibility for the design and integration of the grid-tie solar electric power system.       San Diego Gas & Electric, Pacific Gas & Electric, Moreno Valley Utility and Southern California Edison each have Residential Solar Electric Rebate Incentive PV Programs that offer homeowners solar electric rebates for solar electric system installations. We offer turn key Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric utility grid tie solar electric power system installations. Solar-Tec Systems, Inc.  is a residential solar electric energy system installer that installs California Solar Rebate CSI Program approved state-of-the-art components in our direct grid tie solar electric power systems to be eligible for the maximum current California residential solar electric rebate incentives.      Solar-Tec Systems, Inc. grid tie solar electric power systems will send excess electrical power that you do not use in your home or business back to the utility with a Time-of-Use Utility contract. California's solar net metering law requires that all utilities must allow customers with solar electric systems receive retail value for the electricity produced at the time used or produced. The California CSI solar rebates, the Southern California Edison or San Diego Gas & Electric Time-of-Use Utility contract and the 30% Federal Solar Investment Tax Credit are big encouragements for California homeowners to purchase their own solar grid tie power system. Solar-Tec Systems, Inc.  installs California's Public Utilities Commission and Energy Commission's solar electric CSI solar electric rebate systems for the California New Solar Homes Partnership Program and the Affordable Housing Program.     Solar-Tec Systems, Inc  33171 Paseo Cerveza, Suite 224,  San Juan Capistrano, California 92675  California Solar Electric System Contractor C-46 # 752181 Phone: 949.248.9728             FAX: 949.248.9729    Thanks for stopping in ! Send mail to SolarTecSystems@solar-tec.com with questions or comments about this site. Copyright © 1999 Solar-Tec Systems, Inc        Last modified: June 24, 2010