Solar Panel Cost in Anaheim, CA (2026): $4.02/W County Median

What a solar permit costs in Anaheim

The only Anaheim fee schedule found for a solar permit is dated. Whatever it charges, Government Code §66015 limits a city to $450 for a home system up to 15 kW, plus $15 per kW above that, unless it adopts a written finding that its cost is higher. The only schedule found is dated 2009-2010 and lists a $136.73 minimum electrical permit fee.

• What Anaheim publishes: Anaheim's Online Permit Center lists a Single Family Residential Small Rooftop Permit Online (Solar Permit Online) option but states no fee. The City's older Residential PV Self-Certification Program packet, dated 2009-2010, attaches a fee schedule listing a minimum electrical permit fee of $136.73 and plan check at $172.39 an hour; this schedule is dated and may not reflect current fees.
• How to file: Yes, for small residential rooftop solar through the City's own Accela-based Online Permit Center (Solar Permit Online). The City's page does not name SolarAPP+, and the California Energy Commission's SB 379 data lists Anaheim's platform as a custom one.
• Automated permit platform: City's own instant permit. Solar Permit Online; the CEC SB 379 data (self-reported) lists a custom platform.

Sources: City of Anaheim Online Permit Center; City of Anaheim Residential PV Self-Certification Program packet (forms B722/B705, dated 2009-2010), checked September 18, 2026; California Energy Commission, Residential Solar Permitting Program data (SB 379 platform status as self-reported by each jurisdiction; data last updated August 3, 2026), checked September 23, 2026; Gov. Code §66015, checked September 24, 2026. Anaheim in the California Solar Cost Index sets this fee beside every other city's.

Solar data for Anaheim: APU is not covered

APU customers are not in the CPUC data, so nothing in it describes most Anaheim homes. It does list 33 systems connected in 2025 at addresses it records as Anaheim in SCE territory; those homes buy power from SCE, not APU.

Across Orange County homes served by PG&E, SCE or SDG&E, 40% of 2025 systems were leased or on a PPA, 65% had a battery and the median size was 6.75 kW.

Source: CPUC DG Stats, data through May 31, 2026. Counts are home systems given permission to operate each year; a city means the service city on the application.

Your utility: APU

Anaheim is billed by Anaheim Public Utilities (APU). The CPUC's average-rate reports do not cover APU; read its own tariff and your bill.

Electricity provider and rates in Anaheim

Anaheim runs its own electric utility. The California Energy Commission's service-territory map names it the City of Anaheim Public Utilities Department and places 98.7 percent of the city in its territory, so a home in that territory is billed on Anaheim Public Utilities' own schedules.

APU says most homes are on its Standard Domestic Rate: an $8.00 monthly charge, 14.00¢ per kWh for the first 10 kWh a day (the basic residential lifeline allowance, with medical allowance usage at the same 14.00¢), and 21.49¢ per kWh for everything above that. APU puts the average home at 29 kWh a day, so the extra energy a home adds, such as EV charging, is billed at 21.49¢.

The optional Domestic Time-of-Use Rate, APU's Schedule TOU-2, took effect May 1, 2024 under Resolution No. 2024-022. It keeps the $8.00 monthly charge and prices on-peak energy, 4 to 9 p.m. on weekdays except holidays, at 33.20¢ per kWh in summer (July 1 to October 31; APU's rates page shows 33.22¢) and 31.25¢ in winter (November 1 to June 30). Off-peak energy is 16.65¢ in summer and 16.15¢ in winter, and winter super off-peak energy, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays and every hour outside 4 to 9 p.m. on winter weekends and holidays, is 12.00¢.

APU's rates page does not print an effective date for the Standard Domestic Rate, and the Domestic Service schedule it links could not be read on September 24, 2026, so check the rate named on your own bill. A solar savings estimate for an Anaheim home should be built on these APU prices.

Sources: Anaheim Public Utilities, Residential Rates (Domestic Rate; Domestic Time-of-Use Rate); Anaheim Public Utilities, Electric Rate Schedule TOU-2, Domestic Time-of-Use (page 2.10.1 effective May 1, 2024, Resolution No. 2024-022; page 2.10.2 effective March 1, 2022); California Energy Commission, Electric Load Serving Entities (IOU & POU) service-territory map. Checked September 24, 2026.

Before you sign

In Orange County the middle half of reported costs spans $3.12 to $5.00 per watt, and roof, panel work, equipment and contract terms explain most of that gap. California Solar Tax and Permit Rules for 2026 covers them, and the tax, lease and disclosure rules a Anaheim contract follows.