Frequently asked questions

Current Energy is a solar and building-electrification contractor founded in 2017, based at 15823 Monte St, Suite 101, Sylmar, CA 91342. We design, install and maintain solar, battery storage, EV charging, lighting, HVAC, roofing, water heating and electrical systems for commercial, multifamily and residential property across Southern California. CSLB licence #1074466.

Yes. California Contractors State License Board licence #1074466. Licence status, bond and workers’ compensation coverage are publicly verifiable free of charge at cslb.ca.gov.

Southern California — Los Angeles County including the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, plus Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino counties. Commercial solar development work extends further across the state. If you are unsure about your address, call and ask.

(888) 899-9484 for solar, storage, EV charging and any commercial or multifamily project. (818) 405-9062 for home services — roofing, HVAC, water heaters, panel upgrades and lighting. Or email info@currentenergy.net.

Installed cost is driven by system size, mounting type, roof or ground conditions, electrical distance to the point of interconnection, and utility interconnection requirements — not by panel brand. We publish realistic ranges and the drivers behind them in our commercial solar cost guide, and model your specific site free of charge.

For businesses, yes — the Section 48E credit, with a placed-in-service deadline of December 31, 2027 for projects that did not begin construction before July 5, 2026. For homeowners buying their own system, no — the Section 25D residential credit ended for systems placed in service after December 31, 2025. See the full explanation.

Under California Revenue & Taxation Code §73, a qualifying active solar energy system is excluded from new-construction reassessment. As currently written the exclusion applies to systems completed before January 1, 2027. See solar and property tax.

We model cash purchase, equipment finance, lease, power purchase agreement and — for suitable commercial sites — Feed-in Tariff arrangements side by side, so the decision can be made on the numbers rather than on a preference of ours.

Under NEM 3.0 you probably want one, because exported energy earns roughly four to eight cents per kWh while self-consumed energy offsets your full retail rate. Whether it pencils depends on when your load actually occurs, which is why we model from interval data. See battery storage.

From twelve months of interval consumption data and your actual rate schedule, including demand charges where they apply — combined with a shading model and a structural review. Not from roof area or annual kWh alone.

A grid-tied solar system without storage shuts down during an outage for utility worker safety. Only a system with battery storage and the correct switching provides backup, and then only for the circuits it was designed to carry.

Photovoltaic modules are typically warranted for 25 years on production, degrading slowly rather than failing outright. Inverters generally have shorter warranties and may be replaced once during the system’s life. Batteries are usually warranted around ten years on a throughput or retained-capacity basis. We register warranties and hold the documentation.

We collect twelve months of utility data, your tariff, and roof and electrical information, then walk the site. You get a production model, a preliminary layout and a side-by-side financial comparison. No cost, no obligation, and no pressure to decide on the visit.

Residential systems are usually weeks from contract, with utility permission to operate the longest single wait. Commercial and multifamily projects run longer because engineering, plan check and utility interconnection each have queues. We give named milestones at design stage.

Yes, all of them — AHJ permitting, plan check responses, utility interconnection applications and inspection scheduling. This is where most delays live, so we keep it in-house and report status rather than going quiet.

Assessed before design. If it has under roughly ten years left we will recommend replacing it first, and we can do that work — see roofing.

Inspection, utility permission to operate, commissioning and a monitoring handover, followed by ongoing production review, warranty administration and service.