Serving Albuquerque
Get Solar Installation in Albuquerque, NM
Solar installation in Albuquerque costs $15,000–$35,000 before incentives, and most homeowners here save $1,500–$2,400 a year on PNM bills. With 310+ days of sunshine, 1:1 net metering, and New Mexico's refundable 10% state tax credit, the ABQ metro remains one of the strongest solar markets in the country.
310+ days of sunshine per year in Albuquerque. PNM credits Albuquerque solar homes at the full retail rate for every kilowatt-hour exported — 1:1 net metering, with credits rolling forward on your bill month to month.
We serve these Albuquerque neighborhoods:
Four Hills, Nob Hill, Tanoan, High Desert, North Valley, South Valley, Northeast Heights, Westside, Corrales, Los Ranchos, Taylor Ranch, Paradise Hills, Sandia Heights, Ventana Ranch, Uptown, Old Town
Solar Installation in Albuquerque: What to Know
310+ days of sunshine
Sun Days
$120/month avg.
Avg. Electric Bill
Excellent — 6.4 peak sun hours
Solar Potential
Moderate — monsoon season
Hail Risk
City of Albuquerque Planning Dept.
Permit Office
Ranch & Pueblo-style, many 35+ years old
Housing Stock
Solar on Albuquerque's Housing Stock
Much of Albuquerque's housing was built 35+ years ago — ranch and Pueblo-style homes with a mix of pitched shingle and flat or low-slope sections. That mix is exactly why our roofing-plus-solar model matters here: we check remaining roof life before designing an array, mount on the right plane for production, and detail flat-roof penetrations the way a roofer would, because we are one.
From the Northeast Heights down to the South Valley and out to the Westside, we also see a lot of pre-2000 electrical panels that can't take a solar backfeed breaker safely. We flag it in the site visit and price the panel upgrade into one project — one permit package with the City of Albuquerque, one PNM interconnection filing, one crew.
At 5,300 feet, ABQ sun is stronger than sea-level calculators assume. That's more production per panel — and more UV stress on cheap components, which is why we don't install them.
Residential solar in New Mexico costs $15,000–$35,000 before incentives, and most homeowners cut their electric bill by $1,500–$2,400 per year. New Mexico's state-level incentive stack — a refundable 10% state tax credit (up to $6,000), a 100% property tax exemption on the value solar adds, and a gross receipts tax exemption on equipment — brings the real upfront cost down meaningfully, whatever your utility territory.
How the 2026 Incentives Work
The federal residential solar tax credit ended December 31, 2025 for homeowner-purchased systems, but New Mexico's own stack is unchanged:
- 10% NM Solar Market Development Tax Credit — Refundable, up to $6,000 per system, certified through EMNRD. We handle the paperwork for every customer.
- 100% property tax exemption — The value solar adds to your home is exempt from NM property tax. Permanent, automatic, no application.
- Gross receipts tax exemption — Solar equipment is exempt from NM's ~7.5% gross receipts tax.
- Federal value via lease or PPA — Third-party-owned systems can still capture the commercial federal credit, passed through as lower lease or PPA pricing. We'll walk you through whether owning or leasing pencils better for your situation.
- $0-down options — Cash, loan, lease, and PPA structures, matched to your tax picture.
Your exact bill savings depend on your utility's rates and how it credits the energy you export — we model both for Albuquerque homes before you sign anything, so the estimate you see reflects PNM's actual tariff rather than a national average.
Built for High-Desert Conditions
Solar in New Mexico has to survive conditions most national installers never design for: UV that degrades cheap components years early, high-altitude wind loads, monsoon-season water management, and big day-night temperature swings. Our team is led by NABCEP-certified professionals with over a decade in this climate. We use tier-1 panels and microinverters rated for high-desert service, and every system carries a 25-year performance guarantee.
One Contractor, Whole-Home Thinking
Because Epex also installs roofing, batteries, windows, and electrical panel upgrades, we look at your whole house before sizing a system. If your roof has less than 10 years of life left, we'll tell you — and price the reroof-plus-solar bundle so panels never have to come off mid-life. If your electrical panel can't support solar safely, we upgrade it under the same project, one permit package, one crew, one timeline.
What Our Albuquerque Customers Say
Epex handled our solar installation and roof replacement as one project. They found hail damage we didn't know about, got our insurance claim approved, and installed a beautiful new roof with solar panels on top. One team, one timeline, zero headaches.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most Albuquerque systems run $15,000–$35,000 before incentives. New Mexico's refundable 10% state credit (up to $6,000), the property tax exemption, and the gross receipts tax exemption bring real cost down meaningfully, and typical households save $1,500–$2,400 a year at current PNM rates. We quote from your actual usage, not a national calculator.
Panels take July–September monsoon hail better than most roofs do — we install tier-1 modules rated for one-inch-plus hail. The real design work is water management on flashing and penetrations, and racking engineered for East Mesa and foothills wind gusts. That's climate engineering national installers routinely skip.
South-facing is ideal, but west-facing arrays perform well here too and match afternoon cooling loads, when your usage actually peaks. Albuquerque's ranch-style homes usually offer enough roof plane to design around shade from Sandia-facing slopes, swamp cooler curbs, and parapets — we model production per plane before you sign.
PNM credits you at the full retail electricity rate for every kilowatt-hour your system exports — true 1:1 net metering. Credits bank on your bill and roll forward, so summer overproduction offsets winter usage. Most Albuquerque solar homes end up paying close to PNM's minimum monthly service charge.
Epex files and manages every permit through the City of Albuquerque Planning Department, including electrical and building permits, plus PNM interconnection paperwork for solar and battery projects. Homes in unincorporated Bernalillo County or the East Mountains permit through the county instead — we handle that routing too.
The two forces that matter here are UV and monsoon season. At 5,300 feet with 310+ sunny days, UV ages shingles and cheap solar components faster than national averages, and July–September monsoons bring hail and hard rain. We spec Class 4 impact-rated shingles and tier-1 panels rated for high-desert service.
All of them — Northeast Heights, Westside, North and South Valley, Nob Hill, High Desert, Four Hills, Taylor Ranch, and the East Mountains, plus Los Ranchos and the metro's surrounding communities. Our crews are based in Albuquerque, so there's no travel surcharge anywhere in the metro.