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Local solar economics: 52 cities researched

Solar economics vary more by city than by state. Your utility, your net metering rate, and your permit office determine whether a system pays back in 7 years or 14. Every city page below is researched independently: utility name, export rate, peak sun hours, installed cost, permitting authority, and local incentives.

Cities with local solar analysis
52
States covered
10
Data as of
Jun 2026
Data points per city analysis
12

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52 cities across 10 states

Each link goes to a city-specific page with its own utility rates, sun hours, incentives, and savings example. No two city pages share the same content.

How we research each city

12 distinct data points, none invented

Each city page is researched against real utility tariff filings, NREL irradiance data, DSIRE program databases, and verified permit fee schedules. Where data is unconfirmed, we mark it explicitly rather than estimating. No city page carries invented numbers.

Utility data

Tariff filings

Sun hours

NREL PVWatts

Incentives

DSIRE.org

Install cost

EnergySage

Permit authority

AHJ records

Net metering

Utility tariffs

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