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Solar referrals · California and Michigan are live, and other states are on the way

Holding a solar quote, and not sure what to compare it against?

There's no federal tax credit for a home solar system installed in 2026, so the price on the contract is the price you pay. Your utility's export credit and your own roof decide whether panels pay back, and few installers publish prices, so the quote is where you'll see one. When you want one, pick the job and add your ZIP code, and we'll pass your request to a single solar installer that works there. You settle the price with that installer, and before you sign, ask for its contractor license number and look it up.

If there's smoke, a burning smell or fire at the inverter, the panels or the wiring, call 911. Anything else can go through the form below. Send an emergency request
  • What to compare on every quoteAsk for the total cost including financing, the system size in kW DC and the cost per watt before any incentive. Then ask for the panels and inverter by model, who files the utility application and who pulls the permit, what the warranties cover, and whether it's a purchase, loan, lease or PPA.
  • Your request reaches one installerOne installer gets your request and calls you, and the consent line on the form says so before you send.
  • Each cost range says it's an estimateCost tables open with a modeled range, say what it's built from and stop before any credit, because none applies to a 2026 install.

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Pick the job, give your ZIP code, then add how we should reach you; all three steps are free.

What do you want done?
Something else · all 11 services

The form asks for a phone number only after it finds an installer that covers your ZIP.

You pay nothing, and the installer that gets your request pays us. How it works

California and Michigan are live now, and other states are opening.

Choose your state
Nonefederal tax credit for a home solar system installed in 2026, per the IRS
11solar jobs explained, each with what to ask on a quote
12guides, and every one lists its sources
1installer sees your request, and the consent line says so before you send it
Services

What the 11 solar jobs involve

Every job has its own page: what the work is, the modeled cost range with the fees we could source beside it, what to ask the installer, and the permit and utility steps. A page says so where a point has no source.

All 11 services
Solar panel installationSolar battery storagePanel removal and reinstallSolar repairInverter replacementEV charger with solar
How it works

What happens once the form is sent

The form asks for the job, then your ZIP code, then your contact details. It costs you nothing, because the installer that gets your request pays us a fee, and since we're a referral service, we don't install panels, hold a contractor license or set prices.

How we are paid
  1. 01

    Say what you want done and where

    Tap the job, then type the five digits of your ZIP code. If no installer we send to covers that ZIP, the form says so before it asks for a phone number.

  2. 02

    Add how the installer should reach you

    Name, phone and email come last, each with a line beside it saying why we ask, and the installer that takes your request is the one meant to call that number.

  3. 03

    One installer calls you

    That installer gives you its own quote, and you can turn it down. If your phone stays quiet, no installer took the request, so go to the quote guide and the license lookup.

Tools

Why there's no payback calculator here

There's a cost model but no payback tool: whether panels pay back turns on your utility's export credit and your roof, and we won't compute savings from either. What you get is a modeled cost range for each job, marked as an estimate, and the questions to put to a quote.

Coverage

Is your city on here?

City pages name the permit office, the solar permit fee the city prints where it prints one, and the electric utility, and they say plainly when a city's pages don't show a fee.

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Guides

Guides for the question you're stuck on

There are guides on what to compare on a quote, where the federal credit stands, roof age, batteries, leases and PPAs, selling a home with solar and checking a contractor's license, and each lists its sources at the bottom.

All guides
For solar installers

Install solar and want these requests?

Installers in a state we cover can choose the jobs and ZIP codes they want requests for, and apply on the partner page.

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