Solar company in Tarzana — a meter set here every year, year after year

Yes — and the record shows it in dates: LADWP set new net meters on our Tarzana systems in January 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and July 2025, with fresh installs continuing in mid-2025. Systems run from 2.61 to 13.3 kW CEC-AC. Our office is in Northridge, straight up the boulevard.

Because the industry’s biggest failure mode is the installer that vanishes between the sale and the first service call. Utility milestones — meter sets, permission-to-operate letters — are third-party dated records we do not control, and an unbroken run of them in one neighbourhood is the closest thing to proof that the company answering your call this year will answer it next year too.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Tarzana is inside the City of Los Angeles, so every address here is served by LADWP rather than Southern California Edison — which changes how solar is credited.

No. NEM 3.0 — properly the Net Billing Tariff — is a CPUC rule for investor-owned utilities such as Edison and PG&E. LADWP is municipal and is not governed by it, so exported energy here is still credited against the retail rate.

As large as the roof, the load and the service allow — our flagship here is 13.3 kW CEC-AC on Enphase microinverters, among the largest residential systems we have interconnected with LADWP anywhere. Above 10 kW CEC-AC the utility’s standard path applies, with an engineering site visit; the 9.75 kW design on this page deliberately stayed just under that line.

The published fast track runs approval in 2–5 days with the meter set 1–2 weeks later. Our fastest Tarzana sequence beat expectations: net meter set on 7 March 2023, permission to operate granted the next day. One project’s schedule is not a promise for another, but it shows what a clean application looks like from the utility’s side.

It changes the planning, not the feasibility. South of Ventura Boulevard the parcels climb, driveways steepen, rooflines split into faces and fire-hazard designations apply on the upper streets — the same pattern as neighbouring Encino. Conductor runs are sized for the distances, microinverters handle the split planes, and access is worked out before scheduling.

S-profile concrete tile is common in Tarzana and we mount on it regularly — profile-specific hardware, a layout that follows the tile course, and spare tiles on site because a few always crack on an older roof. Shingle and tile appear in roughly equal measure in our work here.

Sometimes. One Tarzana installation required a new utility meter panel, built in the existing location, alongside its SolarEdge system. Meter and main-panel work moves a project onto LADWP’s longer path, so we assess the service first and price any upgrade with the array rather than discovering it at inspection.

Not for tariff reasons — LADWP still credits exports at the retail rate, so storage is not needed to rescue export value. It is worth pricing for backup power, particularly on the hillside streets. Note that adding it moves the project onto the longer approval path regardless of array size.

There is no honest flat district price, but published rates frame it: $2.49 per watt at marketplace rates and $3.5 per watt as the 2024 national cash median, putting a 6–13 kW spread at roughly $15,000–$46,000 before incentives. Meter or panel work is priced with the job. The federal 25D homeowner credit ended December 31, 2025, so a 2026 cash or loan purchase gets no federal credit. The estimate for your own home is free.

Compare four things rather than ad claims: (1) an active CSLB license with electrical and roofing classifications, (2) completed work in your specific area, with photos, (3) whether the company uses its own crews or subcontracts, and (4) the review pattern. Our answers: CSLB #1032379 (B, C-10, C-39); Tarzana homes with our photos and utility meter dates spanning consecutive years; in-house crews; a 4.9★ Google rating. Our office is at 19201 Parthenia St Unit E, Northridge, CA 91324.