Daly City Solar Permit Guide
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) territory · San Mateo County
Overview
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Battery/solar incentive program on record
California SGIP - current category and budget check required
New applications and waitlist applications for ratepayer-funded SGIP budgets closed on December 30, 2025. New AB 209 applications have a June 30, 2028 deadline. The 2026 SGIP rate table publishes $3.10/W for solar and $1.10/Wh for storage in applicable Residential Solar and Storage Equity categories. Household eligibility and live budget availability vary by category and program administrator; check the official Program Metrics tracker before relying on an incentive.
Status on file: unknown. Verify current status before relying on this.
Permit fees
Not yet verified.
Rebates
Not yet verified.
Utility and generation supplier
Utility
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
Generation supplier
WestLight Energy (formerly Peninsula Clean Energy) - ECOplus (default) (Community Choice Aggregator)
Daly City's City Council voted unanimously to join Peninsula Clean Energy (now WestLight Energy, following the July 2026 rebrand) in January 2016, per WestLight Energy's own community benefits summary for Daly City. San Mateo County's CCA program enrolls all county jurisdictions' customers by default (opt-out model), consistent with the default-enrollment pattern independently confirmed for other San Mateo County cities this session.
Interconnection
PG&E's own Net Energy Metering (NEM) program page — a utility-wide fact already established for other PG&E-territory records in this dataset.
Required documents
- SolarAPP+ approval documents (downloaded after project submission) (required when: always)
- Proof of active Daly City business license at time of application (required when: always)
Inspection steps
- Contact the Building Division at 650-991-8061 (8am-5pm, Monday-Friday) to schedule inspections
Eligibility constraints
- Property types: residential
- Max system size (AC): 38.4 kW
- Max system size (DC): Not yet verified.
- Max thermal capacity: Not yet verified.
- Program/pathway: SolarAPP+ (residential roof-mounted PV, up to 38.4 kW AC, with or without paired ESS)
- Other conditions:
- Residential energy storage systems paired with solar are eligible under the same 38.4kW AC size restriction
- Projects with multiple batteries spaced less than 3 feet apart do not qualify and require standard plan review
- All electrical equipment must have the required working clearance per CEC Section 110.26
Official contacts
- City of Daly City Economic & Community Development / Building Division, phone: 650-991-8034, official website
- SGIP Program Administrator (PG&E territory), official website
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Sources
- 2021 Community Benefits Summary - Daly City, WestLight Energy (formerly Peninsula Clean Energy) (other_official). Accessed 2026-08-05.
- SolarApp, City of Daly City (government). Accessed 2026-08-05.
- PG&E's Electric Service Territory, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (utility). Accessed 2026-08-05.
- Net Energy Metering (NEM) Program, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (utility). Accessed 2026-08-05.
- SGIP - Statewide Announcements / About, Self-Generation Incentive Program (statewide administrator site) (program_administrator). Accessed 2026-08-01.
- SGIP - Contact, Self-Generation Incentive Program (statewide administrator site) (program_administrator). Accessed 2026-08-01.
- 2026 Self-Generation Incentive Program Handbook, Self-Generation Incentive Program Program Administrators (program_administrator). Accessed 2026-08-26.
- SGIP Program Metrics and Incentive Step Tracker, Self-Generation Incentive Program Program Administrators (program_administrator). Accessed 2026-08-26.
Frequently Asked Questions
What utility serves solar customers in Daly City, California?
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is the interconnection and distribution utility for Daly City. The default electricity generation supplier is WestLight Energy (formerly Peninsula Clean Energy) - ECOplus (default), a Community Choice Aggregator (CCA), separate from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
What documents are required for a solar permit in Daly City?
Commonly required documents include: SolarAPP+ approval documents (downloaded after project submission); Proof of active Daly City business license at time of application.
Who do I contact about solar permits in Daly City?
City of Daly City Economic & Community Development / Building Division, phone 650-991-8034.
Related California cities
Other verified cities related to Daly City. See all cities on the California solar permit guide index.
- Atherton, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
- Belmont, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
- Burlingame, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
- East Palo Alto, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
- Foster City, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
- Menlo Park, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)