How much does a solar system cost in Texas?

Systems start at $11,250 for a small eight panel system and run up to $35,700 for a whole-home build. The assessment is free, on site or remote. If your existing electrical service cannot carry the system, a panel rebuild or service upgrade is $4,523.46 and is priced separately.

Do I need a new roof before solar?

If your roof has less than 10 years of life left, yes — it should be discussed first. Putting panels on a roof that needs replacing in 5 years means paying for detach-and-reset later. We’ll be honest about the timing.

Solar and Battery Installations

Every day, the Texas sun dumps thousands of watts onto your roof for free. Solar panels convert that into electricity you use, store, or send back for credit. Add a battery, and you have power when the grid goes down.

After grid failures during Winter Storm Uri and subsequent summer blackouts, Texas homeowners know the grid isn’t always reliable. Solar and battery storage can generate power at your home, lower your electric bill, and keep critical systems running during an outage.

Category — Solar planning
Focus — Generate and store power
Next step — Consultation

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Your roof is already collecting energy — you’re just not using it.

Right now, that sunlight turns into heat your AC has to fight. Solar panels convert it into electricity instead. Add a battery, and you have backup power with no generator fuel, no noise, no maintenance. Panels cost far less than they did a decade ago, and Texas’s deregulated market means you actually benefit from what you produce. We design your system around your real electric bills — not a generic estimate — so the numbers stay honest.

What a good solar and battery installations plan should cover

Custom system design based on your actual usage — Panel count, battery size, and inverter capacity are all sized to match how your household actually uses energy throughout the year. No cookie-cutter proposals.
Incentives you can actually verify — Austin Energy pays a $4,000 rebate, and Value of Solar credits your production at 9.91 cents per kWh. The federal tax credit expired December 31, 2025, so it is not part of the math anymore.
Battery backup keeps critical systems running — When the grid drops, your battery kicks in automatically — fridge, lights, internet, medical equipment. No transfer switch to flip, no generator to start.

How solar and battery installations should be approached

Pull your utility data, run a shade analysis, and assess roof condition — We analyze 12 months of usage to size the system to your actual consumption — not a generic estimate. A shade study maps shadow patterns from trees, chimneys, and neighboring structures across every hour and season. Roof age, material, orientation, pitch, and structural condition all have to check out before we design anything.
Custom system design, financing options, permits, and utility interconnection — Your proposal includes panel count, inverter type, battery sizing (if applicable), projected savings, and payback timeline under current incentive assumptions. We handle building permits, electrical permits, and the utility interconnection application — that’s typically 2–4 weeks of paperwork you never have to touch.
Install in 1–2 days, pass city inspection, and activate with live monitoring — Panels, racking, inverter, and battery go on your roof and wall. After city inspection and utility permission to operate (PTO), the system goes live. We set up your monitoring app so you see production in real time — and we verify the first week’s output against the design model to make sure everything performs as promised.

What a solar install actually costs here

The honest entry point is $11,250. That buys eight 440 watt panels and a Tesla Inverter 7.6, about 3.5 kW of capacity, and it includes all permits, connections, and parts. It does not include upgrades to the electrical service.

The upper end is $35,700 for a whole-home solar energy system installation. Where a house lands between those two numbers depends on the last twelve months of usage and the roof itself.

We publish a starting number because most installers will not give one before a salesperson is in the living room.

Solar and Battery Installations questions

How much does a solar system cost in Texas?: Systems start at $11,250 for a small eight panel system and run up to $35,700 for a whole-home build. The assessment is free, on site or remote. If your existing electrical service cannot carry the system, a panel rebuild or service upgrade is $4,523.46 and is priced separately.
Do I need a new roof before solar?: If your roof has less than 10 years of life left, yes — it should be discussed first. Putting panels on a roof that needs replacing in 5 years means paying for detach-and-reset later. We’ll be honest about the timing.

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Send us a recent electric bill. We'll size a system for your roof, run the payback at current Austin Energy rates, and tell you if it makes sense.

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Contact Texas Solar & Roofing Pros

Free estimates, no pressure, and no commitment. Numbers on this site are Central Texas ranges; your roof, usage, utility, and insurance carrier change them.

Phone — (512) 775-0561
Email — info@texassolarandroofingpros.com
Address — 1700 Pagedale Cove, Cedar Park, TX 78613
Service area — Austin, Texas, Round Rock, Texas, Georgetown, Texas, Cedar Park, Texas, Pflugerville, Texas, Kyle, Texas, Bastrop, Texas, Dallas, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, Waco, Texas, San Marcos, Texas

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