Concord solar + battery
Solar and Battery Storage in Concord, CA
Local energy
Concord energy, by the numbers
88°F
Concord's average July high is 88°F, more than 20 degrees warmer than downtown San Francisco¹
36%
About 36% of San Francisco-area households lost power at least once in a year, compared with about 25% nationwide²
84%
California homes pay about 34 cents per kWh, roughly 84% above the national averageÂł
Price of Power
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Why Concord homeowners are adding batteries
PG&E delivers electricity to homes in Concord, and most Concord homes buy the electricity itself from MCE, the community choice program the city joined in 2018. You still get one bill from PG&E. Here's what shapes a solar and battery plan in Concord.
Power costs the most in the evening
PG&E's time-of-use plans, including the Electric Home plan new solar customers are placed on, charge the most from 4 to 9pm every day. That's when families get home, the house is still warm on summer evenings and rooftop solar is winding down.
Credits for extra solar are lower
California changed the rules for new solar in 2023. Under the state's current billing plan, often called NEM 3.0, the credit for extra power you send to the grid is much lower than it used to be, and that holds on MCE's version of the plan too. A battery lets you keep your midday power and use it after sunset instead of selling it cheaply.
Outages take rooftop solar offline too
PG&E has turned off power to some parts of Contra Costa County during high wildfire risk, which it calls a Public Safety Power Shutoff, and storms and equipment failures cause outages too. Rooftop solar goes dark during an outage unless there's a battery behind it.
Designed around your bills
Every design starts with your utility bills: how much power you use after 4pm, what you want backed up, and where the battery fits, which is usually an exterior wall or the garage.
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What a Sunrun battery does for a Concord home
Covers PG&E's evening peak
Backup that starts itself
Planned around your bills
Battery offer
Add a battery for $44.99/mo with solar
*$44.99/month offer available to Powerwall customers in PG&E, SDG&E, and SCE utility markets. Estimated annual solar production must exceed 5,000 kWh. Subject to availability.
Why Sunrun
Why Concord homeowners choose Sunrun
1 million homes and counting
No one has more home solar and battery installation expertise.
We handle the paperwork
Our team takes care of design, city permits, inspections and PG&E approval, so you don't have to chase any of it.
Care for the life of your plan
Sunrun Subscription customers get 24/7 monitoring, maintenance and repairs for the full length of their agreement.
Licensed in California
Sunrun's California contractor licenses are 750184 and 969975.
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Sunrun Subscription Plan
Extended Sunrun warranties including workmanship and energy production guarantee for life of contract, 5 year roof penetration warranty, 24/7 system monitoring
Sunrun Flex™ Plan
25-year warranty on equipment and workmanship, 5 year warranty on roof penetration, and 24/7 system monitoring. Sunrun will replace equipment for the life of the contract
Solar panels ownership
Manufacturer's equipment warranties, 10 year workmanship guarantee, and 5 year roof penetration warranty
Concord solar and battery FAQs
Most Concord homes buy their electricity from MCE, the community choice program, while PG&E delivers it and sends the bill. When you go solar, PG&E still approves the connection and handles delivery, and MCE credits the generation part of your bill. New solar customers are on MCE's version of the Solar Billing Plan, which settles charges and credits every month, and MCE adds some credits of its own for solar and battery customers. Your advisor will walk through how it works on your bill.
It depends on your roof, your energy use and how much of your home you want backed up. With a Sunrun Subscription, you can get solar and a battery for $0 to little down and a predictable monthly payment while Sunrun owns and maintains the system. You can also buy the system outright; your advisor will price both for free.
Incentives change often, so we check what applies to your address during design. Federal tax credit rules for homeowner-owned solar changed at the end of 2025; if you plan to buy, ask a tax advisor what you qualify for. With a Sunrun Subscription, Sunrun owns the system, and any benefits from rebates and tax credits come to you as a lower monthly cost.
NEM 3.0 is the common name for California's Net Billing Tariff, which PG&E and MCE call the Solar Billing Plan. It covers new solar customers who applied on or after April 15, 2023, and places them on PG&E's Electric Home rate plan. It credits the power you export at much lower rates than earlier plans, so storing it in a battery usually gets more value from your panels. If your home is already on an older plan, it generally keeps that plan for 20 years from when the system was first connected, even if the home is sold.
If needed, a technician visits first to check your electrical panel and roof structure. Once you approve the design, we apply for permits and PG&E's approval to connect. Most installations take one to two days, and the system turns on after the inspection and PG&E grants permission to operate.
It depends on how charged the battery is when the power goes out and what you run. A refrigerator, lights and Wi-Fi draw far less than an electric water heater or an EV charger, and your panels recharge the battery when the sun comes out, which can keep essentials running through outages that last more than a day. Our battery duration guide shows how to stretch it.
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We also serve communities near Concord
In addition to Concord, our Concord team installs solar and batteries in the East Bay communities below. Don't see your town? Enter your ZIP in the quote form to check your address. See every California city page.
Antioch | Bay Point | Brentwood | Clayton |
Danville | Lafayette | Livermore | |
Martinez | Oakley | Pittsburg | Pleasant Hill |
San Ramon | Walnut Creek |
Sources and notes
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020: July average high of 88.0°F at Concord Buchanan Field (station USW00023254) and 66.3°F at San Francisco Downtown (station USW00023272). Viewed October 6, 2026.
U.S. Census Bureau, “How Do Power Outages Affect Households?”, October 2, 2024 (2023 American Housing Survey): 36.3% of households in the San Francisco metro area and 25.4% nationwide reported a power outage in the previous 12 months: census.gov/library/stories/2024/10/power-outages.html
Sunrun Price of Power, sunrun.com/learn-center/price-of-power?selectedState=ca, using U.S. Energy Information Administration data (2021-2025 annual, July 2026 monthly). Viewed October 6, 2026.
Contractor license: Sunrun state contractor license information, sunrun.com/state-contractor-license-information. Viewed October 8, 2026.
*Actual savings vary by customer. Backup time depends on battery charge, the circuits backed up and household use. Home batteries are not designed to power life-support or other lifesaving medical equipment. Sunrun's customer agreements contain the terms of all Sunrun warranties, guarantees and maintenance.