California / Local permit guide
Anaheim Solar Permit Guide
Your local requirements. The official sources. A clearer next step.
- Permit authority
- City of Anaheim Planning & Building DepartmentSource linked
- Electric utility
- Anaheim Public Utilities (APU)Source linked
- Local pathway
- Streamlined Permitting Process for Small Residential Rooftop Solar Energy SystemsProject-specific eligibility conditions apply.
- Review time
- Not yet verified.
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01 / Know your path
Two approvals.
One project.
A local permit and utility permission to operate are different approvals. Check the local sequence and requirements below.
How to read this guide
GridPermit collects California residential solar and permitting facts directly from official sources (city, county, and state government sites, utilities, and public utilities commissions) and shows only what we can verify, with a confidence score and a link to where it came from. Nothing here is estimated or inferred beyond what's stated below. See our methodology for the rules this page follows.
Battery/solar incentive program on record
Battery Storage Rebate
APU's own battery storage rebate. Requires a UL-certified energy storage system with a minimum 5kWh capacity, hardwired and installed as part of an existing solar PV system, storing electricity produced by the customer's own solar PV, wind, or other residential generation. Customer must agree to be on a Time of Use rate and APU's MyPower Savings Program for at least 12 months.
Status on file: active. Verify current status before relying on this.
Sources & confidence
02 / Prepare your application
What you need.
Sources & confidence
Permit fees
No fee amount is listed on the city's page.
Not yet verified.
Rebates on record
Rebates on record
Not yet verified.
Utility and generation supplier
Utility
Anaheim Public Utilities (APU)
Anaheim Public Utilities is the City of Anaheim's own municipal electric utility. Anaheim is notably absent from SCE's own 'Incorporated Cities and Counties Served by SCE' fact sheet (which lists neighboring Orange County cities like Orange, Garden Grove, Tustin, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Westminster, Brea, and Yorba Linda but not Anaheim), consistent with Anaheim having its own municipal utility rather than SCE service.
Sources & confidence
Generation supplier
Anaheim Public Utilities (APU) (utility)
APU is a vertically-integrated municipal utility (like LADWP, Pasadena Water and Power, and Alameda Municipal Power) — it generates/procures and delivers its own power rather than sitting alongside a separate CCA. Some supporting official material could not be independently confirmed from the full source in GridPermit's latest review. Verify the current requirement with the authority before relying on it.
Sources & confidence
Interconnection
https://www.anaheim.net/636/Solar-Energy-and-Net-Metering
Anaheim Public Utilities' own page states Anaheim uses 'NEM 2.0,' described as 'a wholesale-based rate NEM program,' and that the city 'is not going to NEM 3.0' — a distinctive municipal-utility policy choice, since NEM 3.0 (NBT) is a CPUC mandate that applies only to the three large investor-owned utilities (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E), not to municipal utilities like APU.
Inspection steps
- Customer can operate the system after Anaheim Planning & Building signs off — Anaheim Public Utilities does not itself issue Permission to Operate
Sources & confidence
Eligibility constraints
- Property types: residential
- Max system size (AC): 10 kW
- Max system size (DC): Not yet verified.
- Max thermal capacity: Not yet verified.
- Program/pathway: Streamlined Permitting Process for Small Residential Rooftop Solar Energy Systems
- Other conditions:
- Systems under 10kW are issued a permit without review
- Existing NEM 1.0 customers remain grandfathered on NEM 1.0 unless they expand their system, at which point they convert fully to NEM 2.0
Sources & confidence
Official contacts
Official contacts
- Anaheim Public Utilities Solar Program, phone: 714-765-4182, official website
Official sources
Official sources
- Solar Energy and Net Metering, City of Anaheim / Anaheim Public Utilities (government). Accessed 2026-08-05.
- Battery Storage, City of Anaheim / Anaheim Public Utilities (government). Accessed 2026-08-09.
Frequently Asked Questions
What utility serves solar customers in Anaheim, California?
Anaheim Public Utilities (APU) is the interconnection and distribution utility for Anaheim. The same utility is also listed as the default electricity generation supplier.
What documents are required for a solar permit in Anaheim?
Commonly required documents include: Engineering plans (submitted to Anaheim Planning & Building online for review).
Who do I contact about solar permits in Anaheim?
Anaheim Public Utilities Solar Program, phone 714-765-4182.
Related cities
Related cities
Other verified cities related to Anaheim. See all cities on the California solar permit guide index.
- Aliso Viejo, Southern California Edison (SCE)
- Brea, Southern California Edison (SCE)
- Buena Park, Southern California Edison (SCE)
- Costa Mesa, Southern California Edison (SCE)
- Cypress, Southern California Edison (SCE)
- Dana Point, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)