Utility interconnection · Southern California
SCE Interconnection: what happens after you say yes
Soft costs and surprise process are why excited buyers ghost installers. This checklist is a planning overview — always confirm current rules with the authority having jurisdiction and your utility.
- 1
Submit SCE interconnection application
Apply for interconnection with Southern California Edison for your inverter/system size. Keep equipment documentation ready (spec sheets, UL listings).
SCE → - 2
Net Billing Tariff expectations
Under California Net Billing, export credits are not classic 1:1 retail NEM. Ask your installer what self-consumption assumptions drive the savings chart.
- 3
Permission to Operate
Energize export only after SCE issues PTO and local final inspection is complete.
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