Utah solar leads
Utah licenses a specialty S202 Solar Photovoltaic Contractor class whose scope leaves out electrical wiring, and the Tax Commission lists its residential solar income tax credit as expired effective 2023. Summit Leads supplies solar leads in Utah by real-time ping/post, with filters and routing agreed during onboarding.
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Utah facts for solar lead buyers
| Fact | Value Source |
|---|---|
| Small-scale solar PV capacity, July 2026 | 646.3 MW (EIA estimate, July 2026), the 18th highest of the 49 states with an EIA estimateElectric Power Monthly, Table 6.2.B: Net Summer Capacity Using Primarily Renewable Energy Sources and by State U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Small-scale solar added in the year to July 2026 | 35.5 MW, or 5.8%, from 610.8 MW in July 2025 (EIA estimates)Electric Power Monthly, Table 6.2.B: Net Summer Capacity Using Primarily Renewable Energy Sources and by State U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Solar resource in Salt Lake City, the largest city | 5.37 kWh per square meter per day on a fixed, south-facing array tilted 20 degrees (PVWatts version 8, typical-year data, checked October 9, 2026)PVWatts Calculator (version 8): Salt Lake City, Utah National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL) |
| Average residential electricity price, 2024 | 12.22 cents per kWh (2023: 11.20 cents; EIA Form EIA-861 data, 2024)Electric Power Annual, Table 2.10: Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Share of housing units that are detached single-family homes | 66.5% (813,940 of 1,223,468 housing units; ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25024)Table B25024, Units in Structure: Utah (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Owner-occupied single-family detached homes | 680,430, or 86.1% of 790,144 owner-occupied homes (ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25032)Table B25032, Tenure by Units in Structure: Utah (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| S202 Solar Photovoltaic Contractor scope | May fabricate, construct, install or replace photovoltaic modules and related components (R156-55a-301ak(1), rule effective August 7, 2026)Utah Admin. Code R156-55a, Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act Rule (effective August 7, 2026) Utah Office of Administrative Rules (Division of Professional Licensing) |
| Wiring on S202 jobs | Excluded from the S202 scope; an S202 licensee may hire or subcontract an E200 or E201 electrical contractor for it (R156-55a-301ak(2)-(3), as of October 9, 2026)Utah Admin. Code R156-55a, Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act Rule (effective August 7, 2026) Utah Office of Administrative Rules (Division of Professional Licensing) |
| E200 General Electrical Contractor and solar | An E200 licensee may also do all work in the S202 Solar Photovoltaic Contractor scope (R156-55a-301d(2)(b), as of October 9, 2026)Utah Admin. Code R156-55a, Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act Rule (effective August 7, 2026) Utah Office of Administrative Rules (Division of Professional Licensing) |
| Standalone solar not tied to the grid | Installing standalone systems that do not tie into premises wiring or the utility needs no contractor license (R156-55a-301an(1)(aa), as of October 9, 2026)Utah Admin. Code R156-55a, Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act Rule (effective August 7, 2026) Utah Office of Administrative Rules (Division of Professional Licensing) |
| Level 1 interconnection review | For inverter-based generating facilities of 25 kW or less (R746-312-8(1), rule effective April 9, 2024)Utah Admin. Code R746-312, Electrical Interconnection (effective April 9, 2024) Utah Office of Administrative Rules (Public Service Commission) |
| Disconnect switch for small inverter systems | A public utility may not require one for inverter-based customer systems of 10 kW or less (R746-312-4(2)(b)(i), as of October 9, 2026)Utah Admin. Code R746-312, Electrical Interconnection (effective April 9, 2024) Utah Office of Administrative Rules (Public Service Commission) |
| Renewable residential energy systems credit for solar | Expired effective 2023, with carryforwards allowed through 2027 (Utah Code 59-10-1014, per the Tax Commission’s TC-40A instructions, checked October 9, 2026)TC-40A Instructions, Renewable Residential Energy Systems Credit (21) Utah State Tax Commission |
Last reviewed: October 9, 2026. A summary for education, not legal advice.
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Small-scale solar on Utah homes and businesses
Behind-the-meter systems under 1 MW are what the EIA calls small-scale solar. Utah had an estimated 646.3 MW in July 2026, compared with 610.8 MW in July 2025, in Table 6.2.B of the EIA’s Electric Power Monthly. The increase of 35.5 MW, or 5.8%, left Utah 18th among the 49 states with an EIA estimate.
| Month | Capacity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 610.8 | EIA EPM Table 6.2.B, July 2025 |
| July 2026 | 646.3 | EIA EPM Table 6.2.B, July 2026 |
For an installer or service company, the systems already in place are part of the workload: inspections, inverter replacements and battery additions all start from a system already on the roof.
Solar resource along the Wasatch Front
Salt Lake City is Utah’s largest city in the Census Bureau’s July 1, 2025 estimates. For that location, the PVWatts calculator, developed by NREL and now run by the National Laboratory of the Rockies, returns 5.37 kWh per square meter per day of solar radiation on the array (checked October 9, 2026).
The setup behind the number: PVWatts version 8, default fixed open-rack array facing due south at a 20-degree tilt, placed at the city’s Census gazetteer point, with typical-year weather from the National Solar Radiation Database. Higher towns and southern Utah sites such as St. George will read differently; the value lets a buyer compare states on one basis and is not a forecast for a particular home.
Utah residential electricity price
For context only, the EIA’s annual table gives the average price Utah residential customers paid across all utilities in the last two reported years.
| Year | Cents per kWh | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.20 | EIA Electric Power Annual, Table 2.10 |
| 2024 | 12.22 | EIA Electric Power Annual, Table 2.10 |
Connecting a Utah home system to the utility
This section is general information, not legal advice. It summarizes official sources as of October 9, 2026; check the current text of each rule before relying on it.
The Utah Public Service Commission’s interconnection rule, Utah Admin. Code R746-312 (effective April 9, 2024; checked October 9, 2026), sets the steps a public utility follows before a customer’s generating facility may run in parallel with the grid. Its definitions point to the state’s net metering chapter, Utah Code Title 54, Chapter 15, for which facilities count as net metering facilities. The rule itself covers review levels, deadlines and equipment:
- Level 1 review applies to inverter-based facilities of 25 kW or less (R746-312-8(1)).
- Deadlines: the utility acknowledges a Level 1 request within three business days, says within ten business days whether it is complete, and within 15 business days after that approves it or explains why it failed the screens (R746-312-8(2)).
- DisconnectDisconnectA lead whose phone number is not in service. Glossary switch: a utility may not require one for inverter-based customer systems of 10 kW or less (R746-312-4(2)(b)(i)).
- Disputes over residential interconnections go through the Commission’s residential complaint rules (R746-312-3(5)(a)).
The rule does not set export credit rates; those are matters for the Commission’s rate cases, and this page does not state them.
The S202 license and who wires a Utah solar system
This section is general information, not legal advice. It summarizes official sources as of October 9, 2026; check the current text of each rule before relying on it.
Utah’s Division of Professional Licensing sets contractor classes in Utah Admin. Code R156-55a, the Construction Trades Licensing Act Rule (effective August 7, 2026; checked October 9, 2026). Solar has its own specialty class there. Under R156-55a-301ak, an S202 Solar Photovoltaic Contractor may fabricate, construct, install or replace photovoltaic modules and related components. The same section takes wiring, connections and wire methods governed by the National Electrical Code out of the S202 scope.
So the rule splits a typical home project in two. The racking and modules sit within the S202 scope; the electrical connection does not, and an S202 licensee may hire or subcontract an E200 General Electrical Contractor or an E201 Residential Electrical Contractor for that part. Going the other way, R156-55a-301d(2)(b) lets an E200 licensee do all S202 work as well, so a Utah solar installer may work under either license.
One narrow exemption also mentions solar: R156-55a-301an(1)(aa) lists installing standalone solar systems that do not tie into premises wiring or into the electric utility among the activities that need no contractor license. Grid-tied rooftop systems are not in that list.
Status of Utah’s residential solar tax credit
This section is general information, not legal advice. It summarizes official sources as of October 9, 2026; check the current text of each rule before relying on it.
Utah Code 59-10-1014 created the renewable residential energy systems credit, line 21 on the state’s TC-40A schedule. The Utah State Tax Commission’s TC-40A instructions now note that the credit for residential solar power systems expired effective 2023, and that carryforwards are allowed through 2027 (checked October 9, 2026). Approval still runs through the Governor’s Office of Energy Development, which certifies the TC-40E form.
That expiry notice is the status this page reports. It states no credit amounts, and how the carryforward applies to a given taxpayer is a question for a tax professional.
Detached houses and owners in Utah
Utah’s housing leans toward houses. Of 1,223,468 housing units in the Census Bureau’s table B25024 (ACS 5-year 2020-2024), 813,940, or 66.5%, are single-family detached homes. Table B25032 adds tenure: 680,430 detached homes are owner-occupied, which is 86.1% of Utah’s 790,144 owner-occupied homes.
Housing age and home values are on Utah window replacement leads, and heating fuels on Utah HVAC leads, so they are not repeated here.
Utah counties with the most owner-occupied detached homes
The ten Utah counties with the most owner-occupied single-family detached homes, from ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25032 by county. The figures describe housing and nothing else; they do not say where leads come from.
| County | Owner-occupied detached homes | Owner-occupied homes | Detached share of owner homes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 234,424 | 281,875 | 83.2% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Utah | 117,503 | 138,629 | 84.8% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Davis | 80,737 | 89,654 | 90.1% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Weber | 60,799 | 69,712 | 87.2% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Washington | 44,323 | 49,994 | 88.7% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Cache | 25,704 | 28,288 | 90.9% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Tooele | 18,025 | 19,562 | 92.1% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Box Elder | 14,109 | 14,857 | 95.0% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Iron | 11,711 | 13,763 | 85.1% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Summit | 10,075 | 12,621 | 79.8% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
The four Wasatch Front counties (Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and Weber) account for 493,463 of the owner-occupied detached homes in this table, in the 2020-2024 ACS. Box Elder has the highest detached share of the ten at 95.0%, and Summit County the lowest at 79.8%.
What the Utah facts mean for a solar campaign
The rules and data above point to three practical questions for a buyer setting up Utah coverage:
- Which license does the installer hold? Under R156-55a, an S202 contractor needs an electrical contractor for the wiring, while an E200 can do the whole job.
- How big is the system? An inverter-based home system of 25 kW or less goes through the Level 1 review in R746-312-8, which has fixed deadlines for the utility.
- Where are the houses? The four Wasatch Front counties hold most of the owner-occupied detached homes in the 2020-2024 ACS county table, so a ZIP code list usually starts there.
None of this measures how many homeowners want solar. It describes the licensing, the grid connection steps and the housing a Utah solar buyer works with.
Utah solar lead filters
A solar buyer usually filters on four fields. In Utah, each ties to something above:
- Homeowner status: the owner signs for the system and the interconnection application.
- Project type: the solar project the homeowner described, in general terms; the exact choices are fixed when the solar form is finalized.
- Timeframe: whether the homeowner wants an install soon or is gathering information.
- ZIP code: buyers choose ZIP codes their licensed crews can reach, using the county table for housing type.
The filters for Utah solar leads are agreed with each buyer during onboarding. Exclusive or shared routing for solar leads is agreed with each buyer during onboarding. See the sample solar lead for the field list.
Where buyers filter in Utah
Utah solar installers mostly base crews in the Wasatch Front metros or in St. George, with Logan at the northern edge. The five metro areas below carry the Census Bureau’s July 1, 2025 estimates; the Logan figure covers its Idaho portion too. Each buyer’s coverage area is agreed during onboarding, inside these metro areas or outside them.
- Salt Lake City-Murray: 1,308,377 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Provo-Orem-Lehi: 773,426 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Ogden: 672,784 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- St. George: 213,670 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Logan, UT-ID: 160,889 (July 1, 2025 estimate, whole metro area)
Source: Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area population estimates, Vintage 2025 (cbsa-est2025-alldata), U.S. Census Bureau.
Consent records for Utah solar leads
Each Utah solar lead carries the TCPATCPAThe Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the federal law that governs telemarketing calls and texts, autodialers, prerecorded voice messages and the Do Not Call Registry. Glossary consent record captured on the form. For Utah’s added telephone solicitation rules, see the Utah entry in the state telemarketing laws table; leads in Utah gathers the state’s other lead types in one place.
Utah solar lead questions
Can a Utah S202 solar contractor do the electrical hookup?
No. R156-55a-301ak excludes wiring, connections and wire methods governed by the National Electrical Code from the S202 scope; the S202 licensee may hire or subcontract an E200 or E201 electrical contractor for that work. This is general information, not legal advice.
Does Utah still offer a state income tax credit for home solar?
The Utah State Tax Commission’s TC-40A instructions say the renewable residential energy systems credit for solar power systems expired effective 2023, with carryforwards allowed through 2027 (checked October 9, 2026). This is general information, not legal advice.
How long does a Utah utility have to review a small solar interconnection?
For Level 1 requests (inverter-based, 25 kW or less), R746-312-8 gives ten business days to confirm the request is complete and 15 business days after that to approve or deny it. This is general information, not legal advice.
Which Utah county has the most owner-occupied detached homes?
Salt Lake County, with 234,424, ahead of Utah County (117,503) and Davis County (80,737), in the Census Bureau’s ACS 5-year county data for 2020-2024 (table B25032).
Is it possible to buy Utah solar leads for selected ZIP codes only?
Coverage and filters are agreed with each buyer during onboarding; email us the ZIP codes you want covered.
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