Solar in Farmington Hills
Farmington Hills sets permit fees in its online portal's fee estimator. Its fee schedule effective July 1, 2023 prices building work by construction cost with no solar or PV electrical row, so run the estimator for your job or ask the Building Division (248-871-2450, per the city's page). The planning fee schedule is "available upon request." Electrical permits in Farmington Hills come from the Division too. The MPSC territory map puts Farmington Hills in DTE Electric's service area.
Your address is DTE's to confirm. One Michigan rule changes the tax side. The State Tax Commission's Bulletin 6 of 2020 covers a residential photovoltaic system of 150 kW or less whose annual output doesn't exceed the home's annual use. The assessor doesn't count it as an increase in the home's true cash value until the property is sold. After a sale the assessor may add it. That matters if you're weighing a system against a move in a few years. The estimator's result for your address is the figure to put beside every quote's permit line.
What solar costs near Farmington Hills
We haven't collected solar quotes from Farmington Hills, so this page gives no city price. The statewide estimates are on each service page, and the Michigan page lists them with what solar installers are paid ($24.29 an hour in BLS data for May 2025, which is pay, not price), the printed city permit fees and the utility application fees. How we estimate costs.
Licenses and permits for solar in Farmington Hills
MCL 339.5737(1) bars the business of electrical contracting without a license, and MCL 339.5701 defines electrical wiring to take in generating equipment. Ask for the electrical contractor license number, and keep it with the quote.
Solar jobs in Farmington Hills
More on Michigan solar
How to check a solar installer's license · How solar permits work in Michigan: the license, the city permit and the utility application
Sources for Farmington Hills
- Building Division, City of Farmington Hills Read Oct 23, 2026. One caveat: read the source yourself before you rely on the details.
- MPSC electric utility service area Read Oct 23, 2026. Confirm with the source before you rely on it.
- Michigan State Tax Commission Bulletin No. 6 of 2020 Read Oct 23, 2026.
- MCL 339.5737 (legislature.mi.gov) Read Oct 23, 2026.
- MCL 339.5701 definitions (legislature.mi.gov) Read Oct 23, 2026.