Phoenix Solar Sales & Installation: Before You Start

Scope before you use this guide

For businesses preparing to sell residential solar or install systems in Phoenix. This is not a guide to selling a solar-equipped home. City boundaries, utility territories, activity and project scope control which rules apply. Commercial and utility-scale projects need separate review.

Official requirements below are selected current checkpoints, with nearby primary sources. The planning worksheets and business judgments are editorial advice. Use them to obtain a complete activity-specific determination from the authorities and your advisers; this page cannot certify that every obligation is satisfied.

Your local approval checkpoints

Confirm the contracting scope

Arizona ROC describes licensed contracting obligations and classification-specific scopes. R-11 covers residential electrical systems; CR-11 combines residential and commercial electrical scopes. Have ROC confirm the classification and solar qualifications for the exact work your entity will offer.

Arizona ROC license classification scopes

Complete the applicable credential process

Use ROC’s application process to verify qualifying-party, examination, experience, entity and bond requirements for the selected classification. An exam waiver or out-of-state credential is not an issued Arizona license. Retain the actual status before offering work.

Arizona ROC application process

Review the business and sales activity

Phoenix does not issue a general business license, but regulates selected activities. Ask the City about your business location and planned sales channels; confirm tax registration separately. The absence of a general license is not an exemption from contractor or project rules.

Phoenix licensing and regulated activity directory

Screen the simplified permit route

Phoenix SolarAPP+ is for eligible licensed-contractor residential rooftop work. Its exclusions include batteries, existing PV/storage, panel upgrades or derating, and ground mounts. A separate PDD permit follows the software approval, and Phoenix Fire requires its own PV/storage permit.

Phoenix SolarAPP+ eligibility and separate fire permit

Build an SRP-specific approval sequence

SRP requires the contractor’s application before installation and design approval before installing. Authority clearance, the interconnection agreement and final inspection/commissioning are separate steps; the operating letter follows commissioning. Retain the actual record for each project.

SRP residential contractor interconnection process

Use APS instructions for APS accounts

APS describes review and installation approval, then jurisdiction inspection, utility metering and permission to operate. Identify the serving utility from the actual account. An SRP-ready procedure is not an APS project approval.

APS rooftop solar application and operating approval

Before your first sale or installation

1. Define the activity. List sales, lead generation, contracting, electrical work, storage, roofing and service separately. Assign a legal entity and responsible person to each. A referral partner does not automatically authorize your company to offer regulated work.
2. Set up the business and channels. Confirm entity registration or foreign qualification, tax accounts, business-location zoning, local activity permits and solicitation rules with the relevant agencies. Have counsel review your actual door-to-door, phone, text and online lead practices before using them.
3. Fund and staff the work. Have advisers confirm applicable bonds, insurance, workers’ compensation, employment classifications, safety training and subcontract terms. Budget from written supplier and provider quotes, not an assumed market-wide margin.
4. Review the consumer offer. Approve contracts, cancellation notices, language access, financing disclosures, complaint handling and substantiation of savings claims for this jurisdiction. Recheck incentive eligibility at proposal time; keep unconfirmed incentives out of guaranteed totals.
5. Build the site-to-design handoff. Define roof, attic and electrical evidence; identify who performs licensed design and engineering; record inaccessible areas and missing labels. Do not send a guessed equipment rating as a measured fact.
6. Name the closeout owner. Assign permit corrections, utility authorization, customer education, warranty contacts and service follow-up. Retain the approved design, inspection results and utility operating notice as separate records.

A readiness record you can review

Questions to settle

Keep the market and the project connected

Existing homeowner approval guide · Utility and bill context

Solar Survey AI can discuss site survey scope, permitting and design handoffs and inspection scope. Use our evidence methodology to define verified inputs and limitations. Confirm actual coverage, availability and licensed responsibilities before contracting. We do not license your business, approve a permit or guarantee market success. Homeowner monitoring connections and planned remote diagnosis remain coming soon.

Primary sources and review

Reviewed October 6, 2026 by Solar Survey AI. Selected official sources inform the local checkpoints; tradeoffs and worksheets are our editorial analysis. No agency or utility endorsement is implied. Recheck dated notices before launch.

• Arizona ROC license classification scopes
• Arizona ROC application process
• Phoenix licensing and regulated activity directory
• Phoenix SolarAPP+ eligibility and separate fire permit
• SRP residential contractor interconnection process
• APS rooftop solar application and operating approval