[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":279},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-\u002Fes\u002Fciudades\u002Fsanta-ana":3,"author-mike":228,"ssc-status":266},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"bare":7,"body":8,"dateModified":205,"datePublished":205,"description":206,"extension":207,"howToSteps":208,"kits":208,"layout":209,"meta":210,"navigation":211,"path":212,"schemaType":213,"seo":214,"sources":215,"stem":222,"targetKeywords":223,"titleTag":226,"translationOf":195,"__hash__":227},"content\u002Fes\u002Fciudades\u002Fsanta-ana.md","Energía solar de balcón en Santa Ana","mike",false,{"type":9,"value":10},"minimark",[11,18,21,26,84,87,91,94,155,161,165,172,178,184,190,202],[12,13,14],"answer-box",{},[15,16,17],"p",{},"Santa Ana es mayoritariamente de inquilinos, densamente poblada, está en Southern California Edison, y recibe el mismo buen sol del Condado de Orange que el resto de la zona — unos 1,586 kilovatios-hora por kilovatio al año. También es una ciudad con ingresos por debajo del promedio del condado, y eso cambia lo que recomendamos: aquí el caso es un equipo inicial barato y revisar la tarifa CARE, no un sistema con batería.",[19,20],"status-strip",{},[22,23,25],"h2",{"id":24},"los-números-locales","Los números locales",[27,28,29,40],"table",{},[30,31,32],"thead",{},[33,34,35,38],"tr",{},[36,37],"th",{},[36,39],{},[41,42,43,52,60,68,76],"tbody",{},[33,44,45,49],{},[46,47,48],"td",{},"Compañía eléctrica",[46,50,51],{},"Southern California Edison",[33,53,54,57],{},[46,55,56],{},"Tarifa promedio",[46,58,59],{},"33.2¢\u002FkWh con el Climate Credit (junio de 2026)",[33,61,62,65],{},[46,63,64],{},"Recurso solar",[46,66,67],{},"~1,586 kWh por kW al año",[33,69,70,73],{},[46,71,72],{},"Tenencia",[46,74,75],{},"Mayoría de inquilinos",[33,77,78,81],{},[46,79,80],{},"Vivienda",[46,82,83],{},"Más antigua y más pequeña que la de Irvine; muchas menos asociaciones",[15,85,86],{},"Todavía no publicamos el número de hogares ni el porcentaje exacto de inquilinos. Las cifras del Censo son fáciles de encontrar y fáciles de citar mal, y una página que cita un número que no hemos verificado es exactamente el tipo de página que tratamos de no publicar.",[22,88,90],{"id":89},"cuánto-ahorra-aquí","Cuánto ahorra aquí",[15,92,93],{},"Las cifras de producción son prácticamente idénticas a las de Irvine — es el mismo recurso solar, a dieciocho kilómetros. Lo que cambia es la vivienda y el dinero.",[27,95,96,109],{},[30,97,98],{},[33,99,100,103,106],{},[36,101,102],{},"Su balcón",[36,104,105],{},"360W inclinado",[36,107,108],{},"800W inclinado",[41,110,111,122,133,144],{},[33,112,113,116,119],{},[46,114,115],{},"Sur",[46,117,118],{},"$142",[46,120,121],{},"$315",[33,123,124,127,130],{},[46,125,126],{},"Oeste",[46,128,129],{},"$118",[46,131,132],{},"$262",[33,134,135,138,141],{},[46,136,137],{},"Este",[46,139,140],{},"$114",[46,142,143],{},"$252",[33,145,146,149,152],{},[46,147,148],{},"Norte",[46,150,151],{},"$50",[46,153,154],{},"$110",[15,156,157],{},[158,159,160],"em",{},"Estimado con la tarifa mezclada de 33.2¢ de SCE y alguien en casa la mayoría de los días.",[22,162,164],{"id":163},"qué-es-diferente-en-santa-ana","Qué es diferente en Santa Ana",[15,166,167,171],{},[168,169,170],"strong",{},"Más edificios de apartamentos antiguos y pequeños."," Eso significa: más unidades sin tomacorriente exterior en el balcón, más balcones que dan a un patio interior en vez de a la calle, y más edificios donde el dueño es una persona y no una empresa administradora. Esto último suele ser buena noticia — un dueño individual simplemente puede decir que sí.",[15,173,174,177],{},[168,175,176],{},"Menos HOAs que en Irvine."," Más de la vivienda de renta es directamente de un propietario y no condominios bajo una asociación, lo que elimina toda una capa de aprobación.",[15,179,180,183],{},[168,181,182],{},"Revise CARE primero."," California Alternate Rates for Energy es un descuento importante en las facturas de SCE para hogares que califican por ingresos. Si usted califica y no está inscrito, eso vale más que un panel solar pequeño y no cuesta nada. Inscríbase primero, y luego considere lo solar — y note que una tarifa más baja alarga la recuperación de la inversión, lo cual es un buen problema.",[15,185,186,189],{},[168,187,188],{},"Empiece pequeño."," Dada la vivienda y los ingresos, la recomendación honesta aquí es un equipo inicial de $285 en vez de uno de $850. Averigüe qué hace su balcón en particular antes de gastar más.",[15,191,192,197,198],{},[193,194,196],"a",{"href":195},"\u002Fcities\u002Fsanta-ana","Versión en inglés"," · ",[193,199,201],{"href":200},"\u002Fwizard","Calculadora",[203,204],"sources-block",{},"2026-09-01","Santa Ana es mayoritariamente de inquilinos, con ingresos por debajo del promedio del condado. Aquí conviene un equipo inicial de $285, no una batería.","md",null,"article",{},true,"\u002Fes\u002Fciudades\u002Fsanta-ana","Article",{"title":5,"description":206},[216,219],{"title":217,"url":218,"accessed":205},"US Census Bureau QuickFacts, Santa Ana city, California","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.census.gov\u002Fquickfacts\u002Fsantaanacitycalifornia",{"title":220,"url":221,"accessed":205},"NREL PVWatts Calculator","https:\u002F\u002Fpvwatts.nrel.gov\u002F","es\u002Fciudades\u002Fsanta-ana",[224,225],"paneles solares balcón Santa Ana","energía solar para inquilinos Santa Ana","Energía Solar de Balcón en Santa Ana, CA | Para Inquilinos","OtXJp5WQlvJUoB77JFvybmEGMkUj_H9Gmztwp38_HAM",{"id":229,"title":230,"body":231,"description":257,"email":255,"extension":207,"location":258,"meta":259,"name":237,"navigation":211,"path":260,"photo":261,"role":262,"sameAs":208,"seo":263,"stem":264,"__hash__":265},"authors\u002Fauthors\u002Fmike.md","Mike",{"type":9,"value":232},[233,239,242,246,249],[15,234,235,238],{},[168,236,237],{},"Mike Yu"," started SmallSolarCo after working out that a plug-in panel was the only kind of solar available to him — he rents in Irvine with a west-facing balcony and no roof of his own. He is not an electrician, a solar installer, or a lawyer, and the site says so wherever it matters. He has a background building web products, and built the savings model here himself, using NREL irradiance data and Southern California Edison's published rates.",[15,240,241],{},"Since September 2026 he has been running a plug-in kit on that balcony and logging what it actually produces. Every measured figure on this site comes from that kit. Everything else is labelled as an estimate.",[22,243,245],{"id":244},"editorial-independence","Editorial independence",[15,247,248],{},"We don't accept review units on terms that involve anyone approving the review first. If a manufacturer sends us a kit, we say so on the review, and we keep the right to publish a bad one.",[15,250,251,252,256],{},"Reach him at ",[193,253,255],{"href":254},"mailto:hello@smallsolarco.com","hello@smallsolarco.com",".","Mike Yu started SmallSolarCo after working out that a plug-in panel was the only kind of solar available to him — he rents in Irvine with a west-facing balcony and no roof of his own. He is not an electrician, a solar installer, or a lawyer, and the site says so wherever it matters. He has a background building web products, and built the savings model here himself, using NREL irradiance data and Southern California Edison's published rates.","Irvine, California",{},"\u002Fauthors\u002Fmike","\u002Fimages\u002Fauthors\u002Fmike.jpg","Founder",{"description":257},"authors\u002Fmike","kb0uodhMlGk_YV3nMOIXdr6bpZgtB5zNoRxdGxsXMQ8",{"id":267,"asOf":205,"deadline":268,"effectiveIfSigned":269,"extension":270,"linkHref":271,"linkText":272,"long":273,"meta":274,"short":275,"stage":276,"stem":277,"__hash__":278},"status\u002Fstatus.yml","2026-09-30","2027-01-01","yml","\u002Fis-it-legal","Follow the bill","As of 1 September 2026, SB 868 has passed both houses of the California Legislature and was enrolled on 28 August 2026. Governor Newsom has until 30 September 2026 to sign or veto it. If he signs, it takes effect 1 January 2027.",{},"Not yet law. 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