Best Class Energy

Best Class Energy operates as a residential rooftop solar installer based in Hemet, serving the broader Inland Empire market. The company works with homeowners on grid-tied systems — standard PV arrays sized to offset most or all of a household's annual electricity use, typically financed through cash, solar loans, or power-purchase agreements. The decision framework centers on system size, panel quality (entry-level to premium tier), inverter type, and whether battery storage makes sense for a given property's load profile and utility economics under California's newer NEM 3.0 rates, which shifted payback calculation heavily toward battery-backed systems rather than grid-only installs. Local installation experience matters in Hemet and surrounding towns where most residential roofs are concrete tile — a standard that requires specialized racking and tile-replacement labor during the mount process, pushing install timelines and costs compared to composition-shingle homes elsewhere. Homeowners weighing a local crew against national-brand door-to-door solar companies face a real trade-off: local installers typically own their service calls and warranty work; large national outfits (Sunrun, SunPower, Sunnova) rely on subcontracted service networks. For a tile-roof property in the Hemet area seeking hands-on permitting support and post-install troubleshooting without intermediaries, a regional operator like Best Class fits that lane more naturally than a franchise dispatch model.