Myrtle Beach, SC
Solar Installers in Myrtle Beach, SC
How to check a company for a Santee Cooper home, and how to compare the quotes it gives you.
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How the Myrtle Beach installation market is shaped
Two things set Myrtle Beach apart from other South Carolina cities. Santee Cooper, not Dominion or Duke, writes the export rules, so installers who mostly work Dominion’s Solar Choice rider in Charleston or Duke’s in the Upstate may bring the wrong savings model.
And Santee Cooper runs its own installer network tied to its rebate, so the installer choice and the incentive are linked.
The customer base is unusual too. In the 2020–2024 American Community Survey, 17.3% of the city’s homes were held for seasonal or occasional use and 40% were in buildings of five or more units. Expect installers to ask early whether you live in the home year-round and whether an association controls the roof.
Types of installers working in Myrtle Beach
You will meet three broad kinds: local or regional solar contractors who do the work with their own crews; national or regional sales companies that sell the job and subcontract installation; and electrical or roofing contractors who add solar to their trade.
Any of them can be competent. What matters for a Santee Cooper home is who is on the Trade Ally list, who signs the NABCEP letter, and who actually holds the licences for each part of the work.
Ask door-to-door sellers which company will be on the permit. Who actually installs your solar.
What a qualified Myrtle Beach installer provides
On a City of Myrtle Beach job, a qualified installer handles the Rebate Reservation Worksheet and the $100 Santee Cooper interconnection request, commissions the sealed engineering and the roof structural analysis, submits building and electrical permits to Construction Services, schedules inspections, supplies the notarized letter the City requires at final inspection, and files the rebate application within 90 days of installation.
If they will not take on the rebate paperwork, ask why.
Sizing should start from your Santee Cooper interval data, not a rule of thumb: the system may not exceed the lesser of 20 kW or your estimated maximum monthly demand, and the rebate stops at 6 kW AC.
Licences, certifications and insurance to check in Myrtle Beach
South Carolina splits solar work across several credentials. The City’s permit application asks for both a City licence number and a State licence number for the contractor.
"Solar Panel Installer" is a Residential Specialty registration with the Residential Builders Commission (SC LLR): fabricating, assembling, installing and replacing panels and related components.
Roof mounting: a Residential Builder, a Residential Specialty Contractor with the Roofer classification, or a General Contractor with a roofing classification.
Wiring and connection: a Residential Builder, a licensed residential electrician, or a mechanical contractor with the electrical classification.
Structural roof upgrades: a Residential Builder, a Residential Specialty Contractor with the Carpenter classification, or a General Contractor with building or structural framing.
Santee Cooper’s rebate needs a letter from a NABCEP-certified PV installation professional who inspected the system. Ask for the person’s name and check it on nabcep.org.
The City permit form asks for a City licence number. Ask for liability and workers’ compensation certificates naming the company on the contract.
Verify each licence yourself on SC LLR. How to verify a licence.
How installers size and price solar for a Santee Cooper home
Because exports earn only 4.15¢/kWh, an installer who sizes a Myrtle Beach system to cancel your entire annual usage is selling you surplus at a low price.
The better proposals size to daytime use, show the hour-by-hour split between self-use and export, and say whether west-facing panels or a battery are proposed to lower the RG-25 demand charge, $8.00 per kW for your highest hour between 3 and 6 p.m. from April to October.
Pricing is per project. We do not publish a local price per watt. Compare proposals on the same scope and see Myrtle Beach solar cost for the fixed fees and worked examples.
Myrtle Beach quote-comparison checklist
Put three written quotes side by side and check each line.
The rebate is paid on AC watts, up to 6 kW.
With UL 2703, UL 62109 or UL 1741, and UL 1703 listings as the City requires.
Hourly DG-25 netting at 4.15¢ for exports, the $10 monthly rider charge, and the RG-25 demand charge.
Trade Ally status confirmed in writing; who files, by what date; who pays if it is missed.
Included in the price, not extras.
Any re-roof, and the price to remove and reinstall the array later.
Panel product and output, inverter, and the installer’s own workmanship warranty, each with its length.
If they differ, the gap is a dealer fee.
Warranties, equipment and batteries from a Myrtle Beach installer
Manufacturer warranties cover panels and inverters; only the installer covers roof penetrations and wiring. On a coastal roof exposed to salt air and frequent wind, the workmanship warranty and whether the company will still be around to honour it matter as much as the panel brand. What a workmanship warranty covers.
If a battery is offered, ask what it is meant to do on a Santee Cooper bill, since its value here is shaving the 3–6 p.m. demand and storing midday surplus, plus outage backup. See Myrtle Beach battery storage. For loans and dealer fees, see Myrtle Beach solar financing.
Red flags in Myrtle Beach solar sales
Santee Cooper says it does not offer one-to-one net metering.
The IRS says §25D "is not available for any property placed in service after December 31, 2025."
South Carolina does not permit third-party sales of power from panels on your property.
You can cancel a door-to-door contract until midnight of the third business day after signing, by written notice (SC Code §37-2-502).
Ask to see it confirmed by Santee Cooper.
Santee Cooper interconnection and the installer’s role
Santee Cooper does not install solar itself. The installer submits your interconnection package through DocuSign: proof of home liability insurance, the application, an electrical diagram and the module and inverter data sheets.
A decision comes within 10 business days, and the City then accepts the approved request at plan review. After the City’s final inspection, Santee Cooper runs final acceptance testing before the system may operate.
The full sequence is on solar panel installation in Myrtle Beach; the statewide installer guide is South Carolina solar installers; the city overview is solar in Myrtle Beach.
Questions
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