[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":63},["ShallowReactive",2],{"author-mike":3,"ssc-status":49},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":37,"email":35,"extension":38,"location":39,"meta":40,"name":15,"navigation":41,"path":42,"photo":43,"role":44,"sameAs":45,"seo":46,"stem":47,"__hash__":48},"authors\u002Fauthors\u002Fmike.md","Mike",{"type":7,"value":8},"minimark",[9,17,20,25,28],[10,11,12,16],"p",{},[13,14,15],"strong",{},"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.",[10,18,19],{},"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.",[21,22,24],"h2",{"id":23},"editorial-independence","Editorial independence",[10,26,27],{},"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.",[10,29,30,31,36],{},"Reach him at ",[32,33,35],"a",{"href":34},"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.","md","Irvine, California",{},true,"\u002Fauthors\u002Fmike","\u002Fimages\u002Fauthors\u002Fmike.jpg","Founder",null,{"description":37},"authors\u002Fmike","kb0uodhMlGk_YV3nMOIXdr6bpZgtB5zNoRxdGxsXMQ8",{"id":50,"asOf":51,"deadline":52,"effectiveIfSigned":53,"extension":54,"linkHref":55,"linkText":56,"long":57,"meta":58,"short":59,"stage":60,"stem":61,"__hash__":62},"status\u002Fstatus.yml","2026-09-01","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. Passed the Legislature, waiting on the Governor.","awaiting-governor","status","y1EcgNvLaSQD00RchAw3MGw06s9kMOhBN4NDIrjgUSs",1788387858025]