Solar Installation in Richmond, California
Richmond is one of the few places in the Bay Area where genuinely no-cost solar is available to qualifying households, and almost nobody explains how it works.
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 Richmond. You deal directly with the owners from the first call to switch-on.
Older, smaller housing stock than central Contra Costa, often with modest roof planes. System sizing here is about covering real usage efficiently rather than filling the roof.
What solar costs in Richmond
Richmond 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 Richmond 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.
Why Richmond 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 is why most of the systems we design in Richmond 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.
No-cost and income-qualified solar in Richmond
Richmond sits in an area California designates as a disadvantaged community, which makes qualifying households eligible for programmes that cover most or all of the cost of a solar system — most notably DAC-SASH, administered by GRID Alternatives.
We will tell you honestly if one of these programmes is a better fit for your household than anything we would sell you, and point you at it. It is worth checking before you sign any contract.
Work we've done in Richmond
4.44 kW
The Chauhan family in Richmond — a 4.44 kW rooftop system, permitted and installed in 63 days. Their review is above.
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What Richmond customers say
“We had a wonderful experience with the Singh solar couple, Navjot was very helpful came to our home and explained everything very clearly. The whole process was very easy and in timely manner.”
Kamal Chauhan · Richmond, CA
Permits and inspection in Richmond
Solar permits for Richmond go through the City of Richmond Building Regulations 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 permit application, the utility interconnection paperwork and the inspection scheduling, and the installation is carried out by our licensed contractor partners. You do not need to speak to the city or to PG&E; that is our job.
Solar for Richmond, done honestly
Accurate design, real numbers and a team that is still here after switch-on.
Thinking about solar in Richmond?
Free consultation, honest numbers, no pressure. We'll tell you if solar isn't right for your home.