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Solar for Fontana, from a company that lives here.
Our number is a 909 number because we’re based here. More of our installs are in Fontana than anywhere else: the tile-roof tracts north of Baseline, the older shingle streets south of Foothill, and the new builds out toward the 15. We know the heat, the Edison rate plans, and the city’s permit desk.
Your utility: Southern California Edison
All of Fontana is on Edison, on the NEM 3.0 export rules and time-of-use rates that peak from 4 to 9 p.m. That combination is why every system we place here pairs panels with a Powerwall: the evening is when you’d otherwise buy the most expensive power of the day.
Worth reading before you take a quote from anyone: when Edison’s peak hours fall and what each one actually costs, and what changed on Edison bills in 2026 — including the part of the bill solar cannot remove.
The heat, and what it does to the size of the system
Fontana sits at the base of the Cajon Pass and runs hot from June into October, with a long stretch of days over 100°F. A three-bedroom home with central air typically runs a $250 to $400 Edison bill through summer, and that’s the usage we size for. Panels lose a little output in extreme heat, so we don’t design to the bare minimum.
Roofs in Fontana
Most Fontana homes are concrete tile on tracts built from the late 1980s on. Tile is the roof these crews handle best: tiles are lifted and reset around each mount instead of cut, which is why roof penetrations are covered for 25 years. South of Foothill and in the older Fontana core, composition shingle is common, and some of those roofs need replacing before panels go on.
Permits and turning it on
Permits go through the City of Fontana Building and Safety division, which has a dedicated solar permitting page and a predictable turnaround. Your installation partner pulls the permit, schedules the inspection, and files the interconnection with Edison. Edison’s permission to operate is the slow part, and we report where it stands every week.
Tesla Powerwall installer for Fontana
Fontana is where most of our Powerwall 3 installs are, usually on a garage wall. Sized right, it carries the fridge, lights, internet, and, on most homes, the air conditioner through the evening peak and through a Cajon Pass wind outage. Ask us what it can carry for your house before you sign. How the battery works.
Roofing and solar in Fontana
If your Fontana roof is composition shingle from the 1990s, it probably won’t make it 25 years under panels. It gets replaced first, coordinated through a C-39 licensed partner on the same permit as the solar, and the roof leak coverage runs the full 25 years. Tile roofs rarely need replacing; we check the underlayment and tell you what we found. Roof and solar together.
Where in Fontana we work
North Fontana and Sierra Lakes, Southridge, Hunter’s Ridge, Coyote Canyon, Downtown Fontana, South Fontana along Jurupa. Nearby: Rialto, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, San Bernardino, Bloomington, Colton. All service areas.
What it costs a Fontana homeowner
On the $0-down plan you pay nothing to have the panels and Powerwall installed. You pay a fixed rate for the electricity the system makes, set below what the utility charges you now, and your utility bill drops to the connection charge plus whatever the system doesn’t cover. Or buy the system outright. Both numbers come from one recent bill. The contract, line by line.
The work itself — system design, the permit, and what the crew does on the day — is on the home solar installation page. Anything we haven’t covered here, from liens to warranties to what happens when you sell the house, is answered on the questions page.
Questions from Fontana
Do you actually have a crew in Fontana?
Yes. Divine Gifts Solar is based in Fontana, and the licensed partners we place work through work the Inland Empire daily. A service call in Fontana is a twenty-minute drive, not a dispatch from Orange County.
Does the City of Fontana allow solar on any roof?
The city permits residential solar on tile, shingle, and flat roofs. What it checks is the structure, the electrical, and fire setbacks on the roof. The installation partner handles the drawings and the inspection.
What does a typical Fontana system look like?
For a $300 summer bill, roughly 7 to 9 kW of Q Cells panels with one Powerwall 3, sized from twelve months of your Edison usage. We show the design before you commit to anything.
How it goes from here
Three steps. You can stop at any of them.
Send us a bill
One recent Edison or SDG&E bill tells us your usage and what a system needs to cover. There’s no site visit and no salesperson yet.
Two numbers, explained
Your $0-down rate and your purchase price, side by side, with what each one covers and doesn’t. We’ll say which one we’d pick for your bill.
A licensed partner installs it
Your matched partner pulls the permit and does the work — roof first if you need it, then panels and the Powerwall 3. The same company services it afterward.
Send us your Fontana bill. We’ll come back with two numbers.
Send one recent Edison bill and we’ll come back with two numbers and a plain explanation of both. If solar doesn’t pencil out for your house, we’ll say so.
Ask for a quote. A person answers the phone.