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If you live in Temple City and you’re trying to figure out whether solar makes sense on your roof, the short answer is usually yes, but not always for the reasons the door-to-door crews will tell you. We’re Gus’s Solar, a locally owned shop founded in 2011 by Gus Petrakis, and we’ve handled enough Solar Panel Installation - Temple City projects to know exactly what your house needs before we ever quote you a number. Call (877) 550-6892 and you’ll get a live person, any hour. Not a voicemail, not a call center. Someone who knows Temple City.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Why Temple City Homeowners Choose Gus’s Solar
Gus Petrakis puts his own name on the truck and on every quote. That’s the whole pitch. Homeowners in Temple City, especially those of us who’ve lived through a few decades of sales pitches, tend to appreciate that nobody at Gus’s Solar is asking you to sign anything tonight. We quote the year-25 output, not the day-one brochure number. We tell you to take two weeks and think about it. The price will be the same when you come back.
Our crews are background-checked and uniformed, and Gus’s own team does the install. Nobody gets handed off to a sub. We serve the neighborhoods between Las Tunas Drive and Live Oak Avenue, and all through the 91780 zip code. You’ll find us on the home page with our published license number and a real address, because Gus believes you should be able to verify who you’re hiring before they ever set foot on your property.
Solar Services We Offer in Temple City
Solar Panel Installation
We design and install roof-mount and ground-mount systems sized off your actual Temple City utility bill, not a brochure estimate. Bring us a bill, Gus will bring you the math. Learn more about our Solar Panel Installation in Temple City.
Solar Battery Storage & Backup
In Temple City, where Southern California Edison’s NEM 3.0 rates have cut export credits hard, a battery is often the difference between a system that pays for itself and one that just offsets your afternoon usage. We install Enphase and FranklinWH batteries sized to your overnight load. Learn more about our Solar Battery Storage & Backup in Temple City.
Solar Panel Cleaning
That LA Basin haze doesn’t just sit in the sky. It settles on your panels as a film that measurably cuts output between rains. We recommend an annual cleaning for most Temple City systems, especially on the flatter pitches where dust pools. Learn more about our Solar Panel Cleaning in Temple City.
EV Charger Installation
More Temple City households are adding an EV to the driveway, and a lot of those older 100-amp panels need a load calculation before EV Charger Installation - Temple City with a Level 2 unit is safe. We handle the charger, the wiring, and the panel math in one visit.
Solar Panel Maintenance & Monitoring
Gus monitors your system after it goes live. When production drops or a microinverter flags an error, he’s the one who calls you. You don’t have to remember to check anything.
Solar Panel Repair
Whether it’s a cracked panel, a failed microinverter, or water intrusion around a roof penetration, we diagnose and fix it. We offer $40 off any repair over $200, and if you’ve got a written estimate from another company, bring it in for a free second opinion.
Commercial Solar Installation
Flat-roof commercial buildings along Las Tunas Drive and Rosemead Boulevard have good sun exposure and often enough square footage to offset a meaningful share of the electric bill. We handle design, permitting, and install for commercial properties.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Temple City
We work throughout the 91780 zip code, and typical response time for a site visit in Temple City is within 24 to 48 hours depending on the season. No trip charge inside our own county.
- The Cloverly area near Live Oak Park
- Streets around Emperor Elementary and the eastern edge of town
- The neighborhood west of Rosemead Boulevard toward San Gabriel
- Homes along Las Tunas Drive and the commercial corridor
- The residential blocks south of Longden Avenue
Why Temple City’s Climate & Housing Affect Solar
Temple City sits entirely within Southern California Edison’s service territory. That’s a bigger deal than it sounds, because NEM 3.0’s sharply reduced export rates mean you get paid far less for any power you push back to the grid than a neighbor in a LADWP city does. For most Temple City homes, a solar system without a battery leaves a big chunk of potential savings on the table. Pairing panels with Temple City Solar Battery Storage & Backup so you can use your own generation in the evening is nearly essential here to make the math work off your actual bill.
The housing stock adds another wrinkle. Temple City is dominated by post-WWII ranch and bungalow homes built between the 1940s and 1970s, and a large share have been re-roofed over the years with concrete or clay tile. Those tile roofs need specialized mounting hardware and more labor than a standard asphalt shingle roof, and we’ve seen plenty of quotes from coastal contractors who underprice that on the initial bid and then try to make it up on change orders. Gus’s crew flashes every roof penetration properly, and the price you’re quoted up front is the price you pay.
Pricing for Solar in Temple City
Every home is different, so we don’t hand out a single number without seeing your bill and your roof. But here’s what Temple City homeowners can generally expect as of 2025:
- Solar panel installation (no battery): $14,000-$26,000 before incentives, depending on system size and roof type
- Solar installation with battery storage: $22,000-$42,000, with battery capacity driving much of the variance
- Panel cleaning: $150-$350 per visit for a typical residential array
- Panel repair (microinverter, wiring, or panel replacement): $250-$1,800, with $40 off any repair over $200
- EV charger installation: $900-$2,400 including hardwiring and breaker, more if a panel upgrade is needed
We also offer a Senior and Veteran 10% discount that never expires. Call (877) 550-6892 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.
Service Area - Cities Near Temple City
We also serve homeowners in Rosemead, San Gabriel, Arcadia, and East San Gabriel. If you’re just outside Temple City, give us a call and we’ll tell you honestly whether we can get a crew to you this week.
Serving Temple City, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Temple City area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Solar in Temple City
Most Temple City solar installations run between $14,000 and $26,000 before the federal tax credit when no battery is included, and $22,000 to $42,000 with battery storage. The tile roofs common in Temple City add labor and mounting hardware cost that a standard quote won’t always show. Call (877) 550-6892 and bring us a bill. We’ll give you real numbers off your actual usage, not a brochure estimate.
If your system is less than 10 years old and the damage is isolated to one panel or one microinverter, repair is almost always cheaper. If the system is nearing the end of its useful life and production has degraded year over year, replacement often wins on a per-kilowatt-hour basis. We give you the honest math either way, no pressure to sign tonight.
Yes, but it requires different mounting hardware and a different install method than a shingle roof. We use tile-specific flashing and penetration systems on every clay or concrete tile roof we touch. If a sales crew quotes you a price without asking what your roof is made of, that should tell you something. If a salesman needs an answer tonight, the answer is no.
In most cases, yes. Temple City is in SCE territory, where NEM 3.0 pays very little for exported solar power. Without a battery, the power your panels generate at noon is worth far less than the power you pull from the grid at 7 p.m. A battery lets you store and use your own generation, which is where the savings actually come from now. We quote the year-25 output, not the day-one brochure number.
We respond to Temple City service calls within 24 to 48 hours, and there’s no trip charge inside our own county. If you have a down system or an urgent repair, call (877) 550-6892 and a live person will answer, day or night. We’ll tell you honestly whether we can be there same day.
Our 90-Day Done Right Promise covers every solar job we do in Temple City, in writing. If it’s not done right, Gus makes it right, and one call brings him back. The L.O.C.A.L. values that run this company aren’t a poster in an office, they’re how we operate: Local roots, On time, Community first, Accountable, Loyal. Bring us a bill, and we’ll bring you the math. Take two weeks. Think about it. The price will be the same.
Written by Gus Petrakis, Owner at Gus’s Solar, serving Temple City and the surrounding San Gabriel Valley since 2011.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local solar pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, typically within 1-hour.
- 4You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
What Temple City Customers Say
"Panel level monitoring so I can see each one, proper stainless clips under the array rather than zip ties, and he walked me under it with a torch to show me before he signed off."
- Cassius Delacroix"Gus's own crew did the install. Not a subcontractor who had never met him, which is what the big outfit quoted me and could not tell me who would actually be on my roof."
- Aurelia Santibanez"He modelled it on my actual bill and the current export rates rather than the old ones, and told me plainly that the payback was longer than the door knockers had claimed. Then it came in about where he said it would."
- Octavius Redmond