How Solar Works

Solar energy is simpler than you think

Six steps take sunlight from your rooftop to a lower electricity bill.

Sunlight

Solar Panels

Inverter

Home / Business

Grid

Savings

Sunlight reaches the panels installed on your rooftop throughout the day.

Photovoltaic cells inside each panel convert that sunlight directly into DC electricity.

The inverter converts DC electricity into the AC power your home or business actually uses.

Your appliances and equipment draw on this clean, self-generated power first.

Surplus power exports to the grid; the grid supplies power when your system needs more than it generates.

Net metering measures the difference between what you generate and what you draw, cutting your bill.