Solar in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is one of the few states where your array earns money on top of what it saves. Full-retail net metering covers your usage, and the state's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard pays you for the certificates your production generates — a second revenue line most states simply don't have.
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Full retail credit, among the strongest in the U.S.
What a system actually costs in Pennsylvania
Sticker price is not the price you pay. Here is the same reference system, with every Pennsylvania incentive applied in the order you would actually receive them.
Reference system
7.6 kW rooftop array, fully installed and commissioned
- Federal Solar Tax Credit (ITC)−$7,200
30% of your total system cost, credited against your federal income tax. Applies to panels, batteries, and labor.
Illustrative figures for a reference system. Incentive programs change and eligibility varies — your engineering report confirms the exact amounts for your address and tax situation.
And then it earns
These benefits accrue over the life of the system rather than coming off the purchase price.
- PA SREC income~$2,400 / 10 yrs
Your system earns one Solar Renewable Energy Certificate per megawatt-hour produced, which you sell into Pennsylvania's closed SREC market for ongoing income.
- Net metering1:1 retail credit
Pennsylvania mandates full retail net metering with no capacity penalty — one of the strongest programs in the country.
$0 down financing available
Most Pennsylvania homeowners finance with nothing upfront and a monthly payment below what they were already sending their utility.
Why solar works in Pennsylvania
Your system earns, not just saves
Pennsylvania closed its SREC market to out-of-state generation in 2017, which tightened supply and lifted prices for in-state producers. Every megawatt-hour your roof makes creates a certificate you can sell.
Rates well above the national average
At roughly 17.8 cents a kilowatt-hour, Pennsylvania households pay meaningfully more than the U.S. median — so each kilowatt-hour your array displaces is worth more here than it would be elsewhere.
Four seasons, one annual plan
Snow slides off a properly pitched array within a day or two, and full-retail net metering means your strong spring and summer months carry the winter. We design against your yearly usage, not your worst month.
We serve every corner of Pennsylvania
Not a handful of metros — the whole state. If you have a roof and a Pennsylvania utility account, we can design a system for it.
Utilities we interconnect with
Including, but not limited to
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Allentown
- Erie
- Reading
- Scranton
- Bethlehem
- Lancaster
- Harrisburg
- York
- Altoona
- State College
- Wilkes-Barre
- Chester
- Norristown
- Bensalem
…and every community in between. Enter your address in the calculator to confirm coverage in seconds.
“The SREC income was the part I didn't understand until Elite walked me through it. Between the credits on my PECO bill and the certificate payments, the system is running about eighteen months ahead of the projection they gave me.”
Thomas Grady
Lancaster, PA
Pennsylvania questions, answered
Your system earns one Solar Renewable Energy Certificate for every megawatt-hour it produces. Pennsylvania utilities are legally required to buy these certificates to meet the state's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard. We register your system with the tracking registry at commissioning and connect you with an aggregator, so the certificates sell automatically and the payments arrive without you managing anything.
We also serve
Washington, DC
All eight wards · Top SREC market
Florida
Statewide service · Peak production
Maryland
Statewide service · Stacked incentives
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