Solar panel installation in San Fernando, CA
Cali Energy installs solar panels in the City of San Fernando, and half of our six installations here went on tile: two flat concrete tile roofs and one of clay S-tile. Another put a Tesla Powerwall beside the microinverter combiner.
The City of San Fernando is a separate city surrounded by Los Angeles. Its Community Development Department handles solar permits, which for homes can be issued instantly online through Symbium, and Southern California Edison is the utility, while the Los Angeles neighborhoods around it are on LADWP. ZIP code 91340 covers both sides of the city line, so the address alone does not settle which utility a house is on. Cali Energy, a licensed solar company (CSLB #1032379), installs solar panels on San Fernando houses; six of those installations are written up, three of them on tile.
San Fernando homes
- A separate city on SCE. San Fernando has its own permit office and is served by Southern California Edison; the Los Angeles neighborhoods around it, Pacoima, Sylmar and Mission Hills, are on LADWP and LADBS. Solar with SCE
- One ZIP code, two cities. About a third of the single-family homes in ZIP code 91340, 1,812 of 5,226, are in the City of Los Angeles, and 122 San Fernando houses carry ZIP code 91342 instead.
- Older houses. On the LA County Assessor roll, 86.6% of the city's 3,412 single-family homes predate 1960, and half were built by 1948.
- Batteries. SCE approved 43 residential systems in San Fernando from January 2025 to March 2026; 36 of them, 83.7%, came with a battery, and the median size was 7.2 kW. Home battery backup
Our San Fernando projects
A Powerwall on the wall, 22 modules on four sections of roof
22 modules in four roof sections, each on its own microinverter, and a Tesla Powerwall on the patio wall on the AC side; array and battery in place on the morning of 8 August 2025.
21 modules on flat concrete tile. Every hook sits under a tile
Flat concrete tile lifted at every mount position and 21 modules on hooks fixed to the rafters, with the tile laid back over them; installed in one day, 13 June 2025.
Two arrays on clay tile, both faces of one ridge, one conduit over it
Two arrays on clay S-tile, one on each face of a ridge, joined by a single conduit over it; complete on 26 July 2025, with the tilt of each checked.
The cracked tiles were photographed first, before the first hook went in
The cracked tiles on a flat tile roof photographed before work began and one sealed along its length; 15 modules complete on 19 August 2025.
A ring of sealant under every mount, then the flashing over it
14 modules in two groups on shingle, a ring of sealant under every flashing and the tilt checked at the end; installed in one day, 8 May 2025.
Eight modules on one roof face, and everything else on the wall
Eight modules on one shingle face on flashed L-feet, with the combiner and disconnect beside the service; installed in one working day, 22 April 2025.
Solar panels on San Fernando tile roofs
On our three San Fernando tile roofs, two of flat concrete tile and one of clay S-tile, the tile at each mount position was lifted rather than drilled, a hook was fixed to the rafter beneath it, and the tile was laid back in place; on the concrete tile roofs each hook was also sealed at its fastener. Where the conduit leaves the roof, the penetration was flashed and bedded in sealant. On one flat tile roof the crew photographed every cracked and broken tile before starting, and sealed a cracked tile along its length on the first day. Roofing
A Powerwall beside microinverters
On a 2025 San Fernando house the 22 modules went in four sections on the roof faces that could carry them, each on its own microinverter, and a Tesla Powerwall was hung under the covered patio next to the combiner. Since the microinverters convert to AC up on the roof, the Powerwall is AC-coupled at the wall; the bracket went up first thing on 7 August, and the array and the battery were in place the next morning. Home battery backup
Nearby. Our Sylmar projects · Our Pacoima projects · Our Mission Hills projects
San Fernando questions
Does Cali Energy install solar panels in San Fernando?
Yes. Six of our San Fernando installations are written up as case studies, three of them on concrete or clay tile and one with a Tesla Powerwall. Cali Energy installs the solar panels, the battery and the equipment on the wall. CSLB #1032379 · 19201 Parthenia St, Northridge · +1-323-844-7777.
Is a San Fernando address on SCE or LADWP?
Inside the City of San Fernando, SCE. ZIP code 91340 also takes in Los Angeles parts of Pacoima, Sylmar and Mission Hills, which are on LADWP, so what decides it is the side of the city line the house is on, not the ZIP code.
How are solar permits issued in San Fernando?
The city's Community Development Department. Its residential solar and battery permits can be applied for, paid for and issued instantly online through Symbium (city permit page), and the inspection is booked with the department.
Do most new San Fernando systems have a battery?
Yes: 36 of the 43 residential systems SCE approved in San Fernando from January 2025 to March 2026 included one, and the median system was 7.2 kW.
Are the roof tiles drilled through?
Not on our San Fernando tile roofs. Each tile over a mount position was lifted, the hook beneath it fixed to the rafter, and the tile laid back in place; on the two concrete tile roofs each hook was also sealed at its fastener.
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Planning solar in San Fernando?
Say which side of the city line the house is on, the City of San Fernando or the Los Angeles part of ZIP code 91340, and send a recent electric bill and a photo of the roof. On a tile roof, a close photo of the tiles shows us what we will be lifting.
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