Solar Installation in Pittsburg, California
Pittsburg and Bay Point get hotter than the central county in summer, which means higher air-conditioning load — and a bigger gap between a right-sized system and an undersized one.
Designed around your roof, not a template
Singh Solar Couple is a family-run solar company based in Concord, Contra Costa County. We design and project-manage residential and commercial solar, battery storage and EV charging for homeowners in Pittsburg. You deal directly with the owners from the first call to switch-on.
Largely post-1980 tract housing on regular lots, which makes system design repeatable and installs efficient. Bay Point is unincorporated, so its permits go through Contra Costa County rather than the city.
What solar costs in Pittsburg
Pittsburg is served by PG&E for electricity delivery, with generation supplied by MCE, the local Community Choice Aggregator. That matters because PG&E residential rates are among the highest in the United States, and because it puts Pittsburg under the California Public Utilities Commission's Net Billing Tariff — the rules commonly called NEM 3.0.
We won't quote you a price on a web page. System cost depends on your actual usage, your roof and whether you add storage, and any installer who gives you a figure before seeing your bill is guessing. What we will do is model your real numbers against current rates and show you the working — including the Contra Costa County permit and inspection costs that City of Pittsburg Building Division charges, which some quotes leave out and bill later.
Why Pittsburg homeowners are adding batteries
Under the Net Billing Tariff, the credit you earn for exporting surplus solar to the grid is far lower than the retail rate you pay to import it. The practical consequence is that a system designed to export as much as possible no longer pays the way it did — the value now comes from using your own power, especially during expensive evening peak hours. That shifts what a good design looks like in Pittsburg specifically, because the roof determines how much midday surplus there is to store in the first place: largely post-1980 tract housing on regular lots, which makes system design repeatable and installs efficient. Bay Point is unincorporated, so its permits go through Contra Costa County rather than the city.
That is why most of the systems we design in Pittsburg now include storage, and why we size the battery to your evening load rather than selling you the largest one available. A battery also keeps your power on during an outage, which a grid-tied system without one cannot do.
Every documented install is listed on our completed projects page, with system sizes and real timelines.
What Pittsburg customers say
“Nav has been in the industry for a decade now . Excellent knowledge and market understanding.Great timeline on install and excellent customer service post-install. What is must need for the solar industry today. I highly recommend Singh Solar Couple if you are looking for Solar for your home.”
Prabhjot Singh · Pittsburg, CA
“If you are looking to go solar, this is the company to go with. They use high quality panels and are dedicated to providing best customer service.”
Jaspreet Rahal · Pittsburg, CA
Permits and inspection in Pittsburg
Solar permits for Pittsburg go through the City of Pittsburg Building Division. Under California Senate Bill 379, jurisdictions of this size have been required since 2023 to offer online permitting that issues a residential solar and storage permit — up to 38.4 kW AC — in real time rather than over weeks.
We manage the application to City of Pittsburg Building Division, the PG&E interconnection paperwork and the inspection scheduling, and the installation is carried out by our licensed contractor partners. You do not need to speak to City of Pittsburg Building Division or to PG&E yourself; that is our job.
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