North Carolina solar leads

Charlotte’s solar resource

Charlotte is North Carolina’s largest city in the Census Bureau’s July 1, 2025 estimates. The PVWatts calculator, which NREL created and the National Laboratory of the Rockies now runs, estimates 5.13 kWh per square meter per day of solar radiation on a modeled array there (checked October 9, 2026).

Inputs used: the version 8 default array (fixed, open rack, facing south, tilted 20 degrees), Charlotte’s point in the Census gazetteer, and typical-year weather from the National Solar Radiation Database. The mountains and the coast would differ, so the value works as a common benchmark rather than a figure for a particular home.

Utilities Commission rules for solar leases and construction reports

Two rules in Chapter 8 of the North Carolina Utilities Commission rules (version posted June 2026, checked October 9, 2026) reach home solar directly.

Rule R8-73: electric generator lessors

Rule R8-73 (checked October 9, 2026) covers applications for a certificate to engage in business as an electric generator lessor under G.S. 62-126.7. It applies to any person who owns and leases a solar energy facility to another person, holds itself out as able to do so, solicits another person to enter into such a lease, or proposes an arrangement that works as a lease, whether or not for profit. The applicant must show it is fit, willing and able to own and lease solar energy facilities, keeps at least $100,000 of general liability coverage, will register each leased facility with the Commission, and uses leases whose payments are not based on the metered output of the facility. A certificate holder files a certification of continuing compliance by April 1 each year.

Rule R8-65: report of proposed construction

Rule R8-65 requires anyone exempt from certification under G.S. 62-110.1(g) to file a report of proposed construction with the Commission before building a generating facility, and to give notice when construction is complete. The owner sends a copy to the utility, electric membership corporation or municipality that will interconnect the system. The reports are informational and need no Commission action unless a hearing is ordered. The rule’s form charges a $50.00 filing fee and says photovoltaic panels mounted on the roof of a residential or commercial building need no site map or aerial photo.

For a buyer, the practical reading is that North Carolina treats solar leasing as a regulated business: an installer that offers leases needs the certificate, and a buyer that places lease offers can ask for it.

North Carolina counties with the most detached owner homes

The ten counties below have the most owner-occupied single-family detached homes in the 2020-2024 ACS county estimates, table B25032. It describes housing only, not where leads originate.

Wake and Mecklenburg, the Raleigh and Charlotte counties, together hold 462,915 owner-occupied detached homes, more than the next five counties combined, in the county estimates for 2020-2024. Union County, outside Charlotte, has the highest detached share in the list at 93.3%.

What North Carolina solar buyers filter on

North Carolina solar buyers normally narrow campaigns with a handful of lead fields, each linked to facts here:

• Homeowner status: the owner of the roof makes the decision; see the owner and renter counts above.
• Project type: the general type of solar project requested; detailed options come with the solar form.
• Timeframe: whether the homeowner wants to start soon or is still comparing options.
• ZIP code: the counties and towns a buyer’s crews cover, guided by the county table.

The filters for North Carolina solar leads are agreed with each buyer during onboarding. Exclusive or shared routing for solar leads is agreed with each buyer during onboarding. The fields are listed on the sample solar lead.

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