LADWP Solar & Battery Incentives in Los Angeles (2026)

The CPUC’s Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) — the well-known California battery rebate — is funded by investor-owned-utility ratepayers and is open only to customers of the four IOUs: PG&E, SCE, SDG&E and SoCalGas. If you’re on LADWP, you are not in that program. We cover it separately in our California SGIP battery incentives guide.

What LADWP does offer under the SGIP name is a different, state-funded pathway: the Residential Solar & Storage Equity (RSSE) budget created by Assembly Bill 209. It’s aimed squarely at income-qualified households (at or below 80% of Area Median Income) installing solar paired with storage, and reporting has put the incentives around $1,100 per kWh of storage and $3,100 per kW of paired solar. The catch in 2026: LADWP’s AB 209 budget opened in late 2025 and is already waitlisted, so new applicants join a queue rather than a guaranteed check. Confirm the current budget and income limits on LADWP’s SGIP page before assuming eligibility.

Because LADWP isn’t on NEM 3.0, it credits your solar exports under its own municipal solar rate schedules, which are generally more favorable than the investor-owned utilities’ Net Billing Tariff — the exact value depends on LADWP’s current schedule, so confirm it. That’s the main reason a solar-only system can still offset a large share of an LADWP bill without a battery. We walk through exactly how the credit and bi-monthly billing work in LADWP net metering explained — this page won’t rebuild that; it’s the incentives map instead.

Up front, the income-qualified AB 209 RSSE rebate above is the main way to cut a storage system’s installed cost — if you qualify and the waitlist clears. Over time, a virtual power plant (VPP) can pay you to share stored energy: LADWP has worked with Tesla’s VPP under the California Energy Commission’s DSGS framework, which reported paying up to about $350 per year per Powerwall for letting the grid dispatch it during peak events (typically late afternoon into the evening). Note that eligible LADWP Powerwall owners can currently apply through the Tesla app (enrollment is processed monthly, subject to eligibility and verification) — so treat VPP earnings as a possible bonus, not a planning number, and confirm what’s open today. If your main goal is keeping the lights on, see solar batteries for outages.

Through Charge Up LA!, LADWP has offered a rebate on a qualified home Level 2 EV charger — recently up to about $1,000, with extra for income-qualified customers (Lifeline / EZ-SAVE) and for installing a dedicated EV meter. Separately, the Used EV Rebate has offered around $1,500 toward a qualifying used electric vehicle, rising to as much as $4,000 for income-qualified customers, with applications due within 12 months of purchase. Amounts and budgets change, so confirm the current figures at ladwp.com/EV. Planning to charge at home? Our home EV charging guide covers the electrical side.

One incentive did end for everyone, LADWP included: the 30% federal Residential Clean Energy Credit ended on December 31, 2025 for owner-bought (cash or loan) systems, so in 2026 the sticker price is the real price (IRS). A lease or PPA is different — a third party owns the system and may claim a separate business credit, but you don’t claim it yourself. The full story is in the 30% credit ended, explained. With no federal cushion, getting the math and the install price right matters more than ever — and on LADWP, that math starts with net metering, not a rebate. These are estimates that depend on your home, not guarantees.