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Solar-Tec Systems is a Southern California Solar Energy Contractor that specializes in the design, procurement and installation of residential and commercial grid tie solar electric power systems, solar hot water heating systems and solar pool heating systems. We are an experienced solar system contractor that brings continuity to your renewable energy system installation. Solar-Tec Systems has more than ten years experience installing turn-key grid tie solar electric residential and commercial solar electric rebate systems on the Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric, Anaheim Public Utilities, Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power, Imperial Irrigation District and Pacific Gas and Electric utility grids. Contact our friendly staff and we can design a solar powered system that will harness the abundant Southern California sun's energy and put it to work for your home or business.

California Solar Initiative (CSI) Incentive Program

 The California Public Utilities Commission, through its California Solar Initiative Program, provides $2.2 Billion in solar rebate incentives over the next decade for existing residential homes and existing and new commercial, industrial, and agricultural properties to install solar electric grid tie systems. Solar-Tec Systems is a Solar Electric System Contractor and Installer of the California CSI Program Solar Rebate Incentive grid tie solar electric power systems in Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles and Riverside County California.

Solar Federal Tax Credits

   The Federal Solar Energy Tax Credits will end December 31, 2008. Homeowners throughout California can use the sun’s energy to power a utility grid-tie solar electric power (PV) system or heat a solar hot water heating system for your home and receive up to a $2,000 federal tax credit for each solar system installation until December 31, 2008.

California Solar Electric System Owners Benefit from Time-of-Use Metering Program 

California's 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 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 system owners.

For example, Southern California Edison Tier 5 Time Of Use rate allows the owner of a PV system to run your electric meter backwards at up to $0.48 per kWh during the weekday afternoons when your solar electric 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 power electric system by a factor of 15% to 40% depending on your home's electrical usage.

Solar-Tec Systems is a licensed State of California C-46 Solar Energy System Contractor and General Building Contractor. We have been designing and installing residential and commercial grid tie renewable energy solar electric power systems, solar pool heating systems and solar hot water heating systems since 1998 with installations in Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles and Riverside County California. We offer systems under the New Solar Homes Partnership Program and Affordable Housing Program Solar Electric Contractors for new residential housing projects in Southern California. Solar-Tec Systems provides architects, engineers, commercial developers and private homeowners with a single source of responsibility for the design and integration of grid-tie solar electric, solar hot water heating and solar pool heating systems.

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