16.8 kW on a tile roof — Sherman Oaks
A 16.8 kW system on a tile roof in Sherman Oaks — 42 QCELL panels, Enphase IQ8+. Clean, low-profile panel layout that follows the roof lines.
Service area · San Fernando Valley
Solar in the San Fernando Valley — 252 local projects
Cali Energy is based in Northridge, in the middle of the Valley — and the 252 installations counted across these pages are all within a short drive of our shop. Most of the Valley is LADWP territory, and its interconnection paperwork, net-metering enrollment and inspection routine are our daily work. One license covers the whole job: solar (C-10), roofing (C-39) and general building (B) on CSLB #1032379.
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Valley installations listed across the 15 city pages below
175
of them documented with individual photos and system specs
Northridge
our shop — 19201 Parthenia St, Unit E, in the Valley itself
4.9
Google rating, checked Aug 31, 2026 · A+ BBB rating
How we count: each record in our project archive is one job folder tied to a service address. As of August 31, 2026, the 15 Valley cities below hold 252 records at 240 distinct addresses — a few addresses carry more than one record, where we came back for separate work. Of those projects, 175 have individual photos and system specifications published on the city pages.
Our completed projects 26 Valley communities · tap to browse
Valley projects by city
Solar & battery projects
across the Valley
Browse completed installations city by city — every page shows real Cali Energy projects with photos and system specs.
34 projects
Northridge
20 projects
Granada Hills
23 projects
Van Nuys
15 projects
Reseda
8 projects
Tarzana
11 projects
Encino
21 projects
Sherman Oaks
22 projects
Woodland Hills
14 projects
Chatsworth
19 projects
North Hollywood
8 projects
Sun Valley
14 projects
Pacoima
10 projects
Canoga Park
12 projects
West Hills
21 projects
Porter Ranch
Solar in the Valley: what’s actually different
The San Fernando Valley is its own solar market, and treating it like the rest of LA is how systems end up mis-sized. Start with the heat: Valley summers run noticeably hotter than the coastal side of the hills, and air conditioning carries household usage — and bills — through the long cooling season. Usage profiles here differ from coastal ones, which is why our systems are modeled on your actual bills, not a countywide average.
Second, the utility map. Most of the Valley floor is the City of Los Angeles, which means LADWP — its own net-metering programs, its own interconnection paperwork, its own inspection rhythm, all different from SCE’s. Burbank and Glendale run their own municipal utilities entirely, and the Valley’s edges — Santa Clarita to the north, pockets along the rim — are SCE territory. Which side of a street you live on can change the billing program your solar runs under; we file for all of them, from an office that sits in the middle of the map.
Third, the housing stock works in your favor. Much of the Valley is postwar single-story homes with large, simple rooflines and good sun exposure — favorable geometry for a clean solar layout. The flip side: many of those roofs are decades old, which is why a meaningful share of our Valley projects are roof-and-solar builds — re-roof and array as one coordinated project, one schedule, one point of responsibility. That combination is exactly what the C-39 roofing and C-10 electrical classifications on our license exist for.
175
Valley projects documented with photos and specs on the city pages
16.8 kW
the largest documented Valley system — 42 panels in Sherman Oaks
1.7–16.8 kW
the documented range — from small add-ons to whole-roof builds
2018
earliest documented Valley battery install on these pages (Northridge, SolarEdge StorEdge + 2× LG Chem)
Valley installs, up close
Twelve projects from twelve Valley cities — equipment, roof type and year as documented on the city pages. Each card links to that project.
15.5 kW rooftop solar — West Hills
A 15.5 kW system on a composition shingle roof in West Hills — Battery backup. Installed 2022. A 15.5 kW solar-plus-battery system, granted Permission to Operate in early 2022.
14.96 kW rooftop solar — Woodland Hills
A 14.96 kW system in Woodland Hills — 44 QCELL Q.PEAK DUO panels, Enphase IQ7+. Installed 2022. Clean, low-profile panel layout that follows the roof lines.
10.5 kW rooftop solar — Encino
A 10.5 kW system on a composition shingle roof in Encino — 28 Q CELLS Q.PEAK DUO BLK G6 panels, Enphase IQ7 microinverters. Installed 2022. Sized to cover most of the home's annual electricity use.
9.84 kW on a tile roof — Porter Ranch
A 9.84 kW system on a tile roof in Porter Ranch — 24 REC Alpha Pure-R panels, SolarEdge. Installed 2023. Sized to cover most of the home's annual electricity use.
8.92 kW rooftop solar — Northridge
A 8.92 kW system in Northridge — SolarEdge StorEdge SE7600A-US, LG Chem RESU10H x2. Installed 2018. A straightforward residential install in Northridge, handled end to end.
8.53 kW rooftop solar — Chatsworth
A 8.53 kW system on a composition shingle roof in Chatsworth — 25 Canadian Solar TOPHiKu6 panels, Enphase IQ8A. Installed 2026. The original tile roof was re-decked to composition shingle in-house before the panels went on.
6.48 kW on a tile roof — Pacoima
A 6.48 kW system on a tile roof in Pacoima — 16 REC405A panels, Enphase IQ8A. Installed 2024. A 16-panel REC system with Enphase IQ8A microinverters on a tile roof.
6.24 kW rooftop solar — North Hollywood
A 6.24 kW system on a composition shingle roof in North Hollywood — 16 Canadian Solar CS390 panels, Enphase IQ8Plus. Installed 2023. A 6.24 kW system of 16 all-black Canadian Solar panels with Enphase IQ8Plus microinverters.
6.12 kW rooftop solar — Sun Valley
A 6.12 kW system on a composition shingle roof in Sun Valley — 18 Q CELLS Q.PEAK DUO panels, Enphase IQ7+. Installed 2022. 6.12 kW rooftop solar with 18 Q CELLS panels and Enphase microinverters in Sun Valley.
2.78 kW rooftop solar — Reseda
A 2.78 kW system on a composition shingle roof in Reseda — 7 Mission Solar panels, Enphase IQ8A microinverters. Installed 2026. On a new-construction ADU in Reseda.
Rooftop solar — Van Nuys
A rooftop solar system on a composition shingle roof in Van Nuys — Enphase IQ8A. Even panel spacing laid out to keep shading to a minimum.
Systems shown range from 2.78 kW to 16.8 kW. Each is sized to its own roof, usage and utility program — one project’s result is not a prediction for another. Browse all 252 Valley projects by city ›
Why Valley homeowners pick us
LADWP is home turf
Most of the Valley is served by LADWP, whose solar paperwork differs from SCE’s — and it is what we file every week. Rates, net metering and battery incentives are covered in our guides to Valley electricity rates and LADWP solar & battery incentives.
Check us before you call
License #1032379 verifies on CSLB in 30 seconds; reviews are on Google and BBB (A+ rating). Only 42 of 30,031 LA County contractors hold B, C-10 and C-39 together — method: our May 16–17, 2026 count of clear-status Los Angeles County licenses in the public CSLB register. Our review-data analysis of LA solar companies shows the market numbers side by side.
Valley questions, answered
How should homeowners compare solar companies in the San Fernando Valley?
Six checks work for any company, ours included: the CSLB license status and classifications; who holds responsibility for both the roofing and the electrical work; local permit and utility experience (LADWP paperwork differs from SCE’s); an itemized contract with a milestone payment schedule; project-level evidence with photos and specs; and the review rating with its date. Where Cali Energy stands on that checklist: CSLB #1032379 with B, C-10 and C-39 on one license, 252 Valley installations listed on this site, and a 4.9 Google rating (checked August 31, 2026). We also published a review-data analysis of LA solar companies so you can compare the numbers yourself.
Do you cover my neighborhood?
Yes — we install across the whole Valley: Northridge (our home base), Granada Hills, Van Nuys, Reseda, Tarzana, Encino, Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills, Chatsworth, North Hollywood, Sun Valley, Pacoima, Canoga Park, West Hills, Porter Ranch — plus Sylmar, San Fernando, Mission Hills, North Hills, Panorama City, Winnetka, Studio City, Valley Village, Sunland and Tujunga.
Is the San Fernando Valley served by LADWP or SCE?
Most of the Valley is LADWP territory — it is the City of Los Angeles. Burbank and Glendale run their own municipal utilities, and Santa Clarita to the north is SCE. The paperwork differs between them; we work in all of these and handle the interconnection and billing enrollment either way.
Does the Valley heat affect solar panels?
Valley summers generally create higher cooling loads than coastal areas, which raises summer electricity usage. Whether solar reduces your costs depends on the home’s usage pattern, utility rate, roof conditions, system cost and expected production. The heat itself matters too: panels produce slightly less in extreme temperatures, and we account for that in the production model your proposal is built on, not discover it afterwards.
How much does solar cost in the San Fernando Valley?
It depends on system size, roof material and battery scope. What California law fixes: the down payment is capped at $1,000 or 10%, whichever is less, and payments follow completed work. You get a line-item quote after a free site inspection — details on our solar page.
Data sources & methodology
- Project counts: Cali Energy’s internal project archive, one record per job folder tied to a service address — 252 records at 240 distinct addresses across the 15 Valley cities linked above, of which 175 have photos and system specifications published. Checked August 31, 2026.
- License statistics: our count over the public CSLB license register, snapshot May 16–17, 2026 — Los Angeles County contractors in clear status; 42 of 30,031 hold B, C-10 and C-39. Our own record: CSLB #1032379.
- Reviews: Google rating 4.9 and BBB rating A+, both checked August 31, 2026.
- Utility programs: LADWP residential rates and SCE Solar Billing Plan; program terms belong to the utilities and change on their schedule.
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Cali Energy · 19201 Parthenia St, Unit E, Northridge, CA 91324 · +1 (323) 844-7777 · CSLB #1032379 (B, C-10, C-39) · Map markers are rounded to an approximately 100-meter grid so they do not pinpoint customer homes · Figures on this page were last fact-checked August 31, 2026.