Electrician-led solar company in Manassas

Solar Panel Installation in Manassas, VA

Manassas is two places with one name. The independent City of Manassas runs its own permit office and its own electric utility, and the Manassas mailing area around it is Prince William County. AJ Long Electric sorts out which one your address is, then installs the array, the panel, the battery, and the EV charger as one job, with a master electrician on site.

A master electrician is on site for every solar project. $2.40–$2.85/W installed, cash. We confirm city or county from your parcel, then pull the right permits and file with Manassas Electric, Dominion, or NOVEC.

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Content reviewed 2026-09-24

Colonial-style brick home with dark rooftop solar panels and closed exterior electrical equipment, Manassas, Virginia

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Cost

What solar costs in Manassas

A typical 8 to 12 kW rooftop system installs for $19,000–$34,000 cash, which is $2.40–$2.85/W. These are cash installed prices for modules, racking, inverter, and interconnection labor. Two things keep the number down: no commissioned sales team and no subcontracted electrical.

The array prices inside the published band on either side of the city line. Inside the historic district, the Architectural Review Board application and any module finish it asks for are their own lines. When a Manassas house needs a heavy-up before the backfed breaker fits, it is priced on the same proposal at $3,500–$7,500.

Installed prices by system size
System size	Typical annual production	Installed price, cash
8 kW	About 10,000 kWh	$19,200–$22,800
10 kW	About 12,500 kWh	$24,000–$28,500
12 kW	About 15,000 kWh	$28,800–$34,200

Production assumes about 1,250 kWh per kW per year for a typical Northern Virginia roof. Your bill and your roof set the real number.

Incentives

Manassas solar incentives in 2026

The federal residential credit does not apply to systems installed after December 31, 2025. What is left for a Manassas address is local, and every item below is built into the proposal.

Virginia Code 58.1-3661 makes a City of Manassas rooftop system of 25 kW or less wholly exempt from state and local taxation.
Virginia Code 58.1-3661: Solar Energy Equipment Exemption
City of Manassas Electric puts a net metered home on its net metering rate schedule and credits excess generation to the account once the meter work is done.
City of Manassas: Instructional Guide for Completing Net Metering Forms City of Manassas Electric: Net Metering (Renewable Energy)
A Manassas address in Prince William County gets the county's five-year solar equipment exemption and the residential solar permit fee reduction.
Prince William County: Solar Exemption Prince William County: Residential Solar Prince William County: Solar Resources

Read our solar permits and net metering guide

Why an electrician

Why Manassas homeowners choose an electrician for solar

Manassas Electric asks for a one-line diagram and a riser diagram before it approves the install. Those are electrical drawings, and we draw them in house. A master electrician is on site for every Manassas install, so the design on paper is the system on the roof.

A city utility, a city permit office, a county permit office, and two more utilities all answer to the same Manassas mailing address. We file with whichever office owns your parcel and keep the steps in order, from the utility application through the final inspection and the meter.

The price is cash and installed with no sales commission in it, and the historic review, the heavy-up, the EV charger, and the battery each carry their own line on one Manassas proposal.

Solar makes sense in Manassas when

Your home is inside the City of Manassas and your electric bill comes from the city, and you want a contractor who files with Manassas Electric as routinely as with Dominion.
Your house is in the Manassas Local Historic District and you want the Architectural Review Board application prepared along with the permits.
Your Manassas mailing address is actually Prince William County, and you want the county permit, the county fee reduction, and the county tax exemption handled for you.

Manassas and the areas around it we serve

The City of Manassas, the county side of the Manassas mailing area, and the communities next to it.

Old Town ManassasManassas Park Gainesville Centreville Chantilly Woodbridge Clifton

Google reviews

What Manassas homeowners say

Google reviews from panel, heavy-up, and generator hookup jobs in Manassas and Prince William County. Solar reviews land here as installs finish.

AJ Long electric was great from start to finish. The owner who came and quoted my panel upgrade, EV charger install, and grounding install was very thorough and answered any and every question I had. Their quote was reasonably priced, and I felt comfortable.

Michael Prevatt, Google review

Upgraded my fuse box and installed an EV charger wtih an additional 110 outlet. Solid estimate, timely response, excellent work. Very efficient and knowledgeable, making useful recommendations without trying to "upsell". I definitely recommend and will use them again.

Don Sz, Google review

They were upfront a honest with me during the troubleshooting & estimate process. When they did the actual "heavy up" and bringing our house up to code, their work was great. Professional service, I highly recommend them. We already have other projects we will be hiring them for.

Josh Davidson, Google review

Manassas solar questions

Is my house in the City of Manassas or Prince William County?

The parcel record settles it, not the mailing address. Inside the city, Community Development issues the permits and City of Manassas Electric is the utility on city accounts. Outside the city, Prince William County issues the permits and the utility is Dominion or NOVEC. We confirm the jurisdiction before we file anything.

City of Manassas: Building, Trade, and Occupancy Permits City of Manassas Electric: Net Metering (Renewable Energy)Prince William County: Residential Solar

How does net metering work with City of Manassas Electric?

We send Manassas Electric the application with the one-line diagram, the riser diagram, and the equipment specifications. The city reviews it and emails a conditional approval to install, then we pull the city permits and install. After the electrical inspection passes, the application goes back with the inspection and the insurance declaration, Manassas Electric does the metering work and signs the agreement, and excess generation is credited to your account.

City of Manassas: Instructional Guide for Completing Net Metering Forms City of Manassas Electric: Net Metering (Renewable Energy)

Can I put solar panels on a house in the Manassas historic district?

Yes. Virginia Code 15.2-2288.7 lets a homeowner put solar on the roof, subject to the local historic district provisions. In the Manassas Local Historic District the Architectural Review Board issues Certificates of Appropriateness for substantial exterior changes, and we prepare the application with the layout and the module finish before the permit.

Virginia Code 15.2-2288.7: Local regulation of solar facilities City of Manassas: Historic Overlay District

Do Manassas solar owners pay property tax on the panels?

Virginia Code 58.1-3661 declares a residential rooftop system of 25 kW or less wholly exempt from state and local taxation, which covers a City of Manassas home. On the Prince William County side of the mailing area, the county also runs a five-year solar equipment exemption through Tax Administration.

Virginia Code 58.1-3661: Solar Energy Equipment Exemption Prince William County: Solar Exemption

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The city, the county, Manassas Electric, Dominion, and NOVEC

In Manassas the parcel decides the permit office, the utility, and the incentives. Here is how each side works.

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Inside the City of Manassas, Community Development issues the building permit and the electrical permit, and the city lists solar energy equipment among the work that needs an electrical permit. A Manassas mailing address outside the city limits files with Prince William County instead.
City of Manassas: Building, Trade, and Occupancy Permits City of Manassas: Electrical Permit Prince William County: Residential Solar
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City of Manassas Electric is the utility for city electric accounts, under a net metering policy its Utility Commission adopted in 2015. The application goes to Manassas Electric before the permit, and the city returns a conditional approval to install.
City of Manassas Electric: Net Metering (Renewable Energy)City of Manassas: Instructional Guide for Completing Net Metering Forms
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The Manassas Local Historic District covers about 2.5 square miles of downtown and the neighborhoods around it. Exterior changes there can need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Architectural Review Board, and Virginia Code 15.2-2288.7 lets a homeowner install rooftop solar subject to those historic district provisions.
City of Manassas: Historic Overlay District Virginia Code 15.2-2288.7: Local regulation of solar facilities

We handle this for you

The offices and programs

Click through for the official pages. We do the filing, the scheduling, and the follow-up.

Permit office

Utility interconnection

Continue the plan

Connect the local and electrical decisions

Review the regional offer, combined solar-and-battery design, or the existing electrical service-area context for Manassas.

Next step

Start with your bill and your address

Send a recent electric bill and the address. A preliminary system size and price range comes back first, then a site visit with a master electrician turns it into a written proposal.