Solar for Fontana, from a company that lives here.

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 the installing 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.

Solar battery backup in Fontana: Tesla Powerwall 3

In Fontana the Powerwall 3 usually goes 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; the installing partner checks the underlayment and you see what they 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 solar costs in Fontana

Homeowners in Riverside and San Bernardino counties who bought a solar-and-battery system outright over the past year paid a median of $33,829, according to the CPUC’s interconnection records: what solar panels cost in California, and how to compare quotes.

On the $0-down plan you pay nothing to have the panels and Powerwall installed. You pay for the electricity the system makes at the rate written into the agreement, 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.

Choosing a solar company in Fontana

Most of the solar companies in Fontana will quote you. Before you sign with any of them, including us, check five things:

1. The licence. Whoever does the installation must hold a California contractor’s licence. Look the number up on the CSLB licence check. A company that isn’t licensed has to say so in its advertising; we say it in our footer, because Divine Gifts Solar is a broker and the licensed partner does the work.
2. Who owns the system. On a $0-down agreement, it isn’t you. Get the owner’s name in writing.
3. Year one and year twenty on the same page. If the price per kilowatt-hour rises each year, you should see what it is at the end, not just the start.
4. The warranty, in writing, from the company that gives it. Parts, workmanship, roof penetrations, and production, with the term for each.
5. Anyone who says “free solar,” walk away. You still pay for power, and you still have an Edison bill.

Every line of a solar contract, explained, and the solar companies that install the most in the Inland Empire, from the state’s own records.

Get a solar quote in Fontana

Send one recent Edison bill through the form on this page or call (909) 320-2309. You get two numbers back, the $0-down agreement and the purchase price, side by side, with what each one covers. If solar doesn’t pencil out for your Fontana home, we tell you that instead.

The work itself — system design, the permit, and what happens on install 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.

Where the utility and HOA details come from

What this page says about Southern California Edison’s rules, and about what an HOA can and can’t require, comes from these published sources, not from us. Check them yourself:

• Southern California Edison — Solar Billing Plan (NEM 3.0 export rules)
• Southern California Edison — Time-of-use rate plans (4 to 9 p.m. peak)

Questions from Fontana