Home Owners / Pick all three that fit
Build your own kit: home owners
Answer four questions in the planner and it tells you what your state allows, which path fits your goal, and what to buy first.
Plan my plug-in solar setup
Your state's law, your goal and where you live decide what makes sense. The plan updates as you go, and every line says why.
The planner uses fixed, published rules, not AI guesses. It shows no prices and calls nothing "best". State status comes from our laws by state page. Not legal advice.
What matters
- Pick the goal first: a smaller bill, power after dark, or power in an outage. They lead to different gear.
- Then size the battery from your fridge and anything else you must keep running.
Watch out for
- Anything that connects to your panel or house wiring needs a licensed electrician and, usually, a permit.
Keep going
- Open the setup planner
- Fridge battery calculator
- Savings calculator
- Solar Panels for home owners
- Battery for home owners
- Inverters for home owners
Sources
- Is plug-in solar legal? State-by-state legislation table, Bright Saver, read 2026-11-09
- Plug-In Solar: Expanding Energy Access Beyond the Rooftop, Initiative for Energy Justice, read 2026-11-09