Phoenix, AZ goes solar with SunPower^®

How much does solar cost in Phoenix?

The cost of a home solar system can vary, even in the same state, due to a range of factors. These include:

• Roof size

• Quality of the solar panels

• Installer prices

• Permit costs

• Roof angle and condition

• Weather

To help you understand the price of going solar in your area, we've analyzed SunPower price quotes as well as quotes gathered by third-party sources for thousands of homeowners across the country.

In Phoenix, we found that the cost of owning a 5 kW solar system ranges from $12,600 to $40,000, or in other words, from $2.52 to $8.00 per watt—and that's before considering the benefits of any available tax credits or incentives.*

Keep the cost of going solar to a minimum with these incentives:

Also, in late 2016, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) made a controversial change away from the process of what was formerly called net metering to a new practice called net billing. With net billing, new investor-owned utility and electric cooperative customers who generate their own solar electricity will receive credits at “avoided cost” rates for surplus energy their system sends to the grid.

• The federal solar tax credit: Homeowners who purchase their system as opposed to leasing it, can get a tax credit of up to 26% of the total cost of the solar installation.*

• Sales tax exemptions: The solar equipment sales tax exemption ensures that Phoenix residents don’t have to pay any sales tax when buying solar systems.*

• Property tax exemption: If adding solar increases the value of your home, you won’t have to pay property taxes on the additional value.

• Residential solar and wind energy systems tax credit: Phoenix residents can access personal tax credit of up to 25% of the cost of going solar (maximum of $1,000).

• *. Local Solar Installers 2020/2021, Solar Reviews 2021, Energy Sage 2021, Wood Mackenzie 2020, National Renewable Energy Laboratory 2020
• *. Tax credits and incentives are subject to change. Visit dsireusa.org for detailed solar policy information.
• *. DSIRE: Solar and Wind Equipment Sales Tax Exemption: programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/119 (March 2021)