Eight solar installers for Malaysian homes and businesses, from SOLS Energy and Verdant Solar to TNB's own GSPARX, re-read on 5 November 2026. Plus what a system really costs, how Solar ATAP credits work and why the RM3,000 SuRIA Home rebate now depends on your commissioning date.
Solar in Malaysia changed its rules
If you last looked at rooftop solar a year ago, much of what you read is out of date. NEM 3.0 ended for new applications on 30 June 2025, and the SolaRIS cash rebate ended in April 2025. Since 1 January 2026, home solar in Peninsular Malaysia runs under Solar ATAP: you use your own power first, surplus offsets your bill for 10 years, and SEDA's programme page states no national quota.
A one-off SuRIA Home rebate of up to RM3,000 sits on top, but only if TNB has commissioned your system by 31 December 2026. That left 8 weeks when we checked on 5 November.
What's on this list
We re-read all eight companies' own websites on 5 November 2026. SOLS Energy and Verdant Solar focus on homes, Solarvest, Pekat Solar and Northern Solar lean towards bigger jobs, Plus Xnergy and Sunview do both, and GSPARX belongs to TNB. None of the eight prints a system price, so the real price lists we could find, along with the rebate and credit rules, are below the cards.
SuRIA Home: the date is the deadline to worry about
SuRIA Home pays RM600 per kWac, up to RM3,000, and you reach the cap at 5kWac. A 2.5kWac system earns RM1,500 and a 4kWac system earns RM2,400. It is based on the Declared Installed Capacity on your Solar ATAP certificate, which is the inverter's AC figure, so a system sold as "5kWp" may not earn the full amount.
To qualify you must be a Malaysian citizen and an individual TNB customer on the domestic tariff, with one rebate per customer. Companies are out, and so is anyone who already received a SolaRIS cash rebate. TNB emails eligible customers after the Solar ATAP Welcome Letter. You then submit a local bank account in the TNB customer's name, and payment follows within seven working days of verification. If the email doesn't arrive, check your spam folder, then call TNB CareLine on 1-300-88-5454.
The rebate ends on 31 December 2026 or when the money runs out, whichever comes first. The RM150 million budget and the 250MW quota are the same limit: RM150 million divided by RM600 per kWac is 250MW. TNB and SEDA publish no live count, and we found no announcement that it has run out. The last figure we found was a parliamentary reply reported on 2 July, which put Solar ATAP at 6.61MW installed. That was early, before most rebate-driven installs could have finished, but it is a long way from 250MW.
So the commissioning date is the likelier problem. Signing isn't enough, and neither is having panels on the roof: TNB has to commission the system by 31 December. Installer Trexon, which isn't on this list, gives 6–10 weeks in total, and another solar guide says TNB's meter step alone takes 2–6 weeks. The Solar ATAP guideline also allows up to two months for an application result. Counting back from 31 December, 6 weeks means signing by about 19 November, and 10 weeks meant signing by 22 October. We found no extension announced, including in coverage of Budget 2027. Ask for a commissioning date in writing, and don't sign on the basis that you'll get the rebate.
Sabah and Sarawak: the Solar ATAP guideline covers Peninsular Malaysia only, and SuRIA Home is paid to TNB customers. Sarawak has its own subsidy of RM8,000–RM12,000 per household. Its Premier proposed raising that to as much as RM15,000 on 3 October 2026, so check the current terms with Sarawak Energy.
How the Solar ATAP credit really works
The headline is simple: exports earn the energy charge, currently 27.03 sen per kWh on monthly usage up to 1,500kWh and 37.03 sen above that, under a 10-year contract. Business accounts get the average System Marginal Price instead. The fine print in SEDA's guideline (GP/ST/No. 60/2025) is what changes how you should size a system:
- Unused credit is lost each month. Exports can only offset what you import in the same billing period. There's no roll-over and no cash payout, and a negative bill is simply set to zero.
- There's a ceiling. Creditable exports are capped at kWac × 5 sun hours × days in the billing period, or about 750kWh in a 30-day month at 5kWac.
- Only the energy charge is offset. The credit can't be used against the AFA fuel surcharge, and fixed and other non-energy charges stay on the bill.
- After 10 years, the system is self-consumption only, with no credit for exports.
Take a 5kWac home that exports 600kWh and imports 400kWh in a month. Only 400kWh counts, worth RM108.12 at 27.03 sen. The other 200kWh, worth RM54.06, is forfeited. So a bigger system isn't automatically better. Size it to your usage, and run the washing machine, water heater and aircon during the day where you can.
The capacity limits are 5kW on single-phase and 15kW on three-phase. Going above them needs a Connection Confirmation Check by TNB, at RM1,000. The application fee itself is only RM7.50 per kW, or RM37.50 for 5kW.
What a home system costs in 2026
None of the eight prints a price, and the numbers elsewhere disagree, so treat these as a range to test quotes against. Trexon, an installer not on this list, publishes a catalogue with a Solis inverter (updated October 2026). Comparison site GetSolar quotes higher figures:
- About 5.6kWp, small terrace: RM15,999–RM20,999 at Trexon. GetSolar says a typical landed system starts from RM21,000.
- About 8kWp, semi-D: RM21,499–RM26,499 at Trexon. GetSolar puts 8kWp at around RM36,000.
- 12.4kWp, bungalow: RM26,999–RM31,999 at Trexon.
That works out to roughly RM2,000–RM3,800 per kWp at Trexon, and larger systems are cheaper per kWp. GetSolar's 8kWp example is about RM4,500 per kWp, so ask each installer what explains the gap. This is well below the RM3,000–RM4,000 per kWp and RM38,000–RM60,000 bungalow figures we printed in September, which we can no longer support as the going rate.
Trexon says its price covers panels, inverter, mounting, wiring, labour and the application fees. It lists these extras, which are worth checking on any quote:
- 10–20% more for hip, flat or metal roofs.
- RM3,000 more for a Huawei inverter, or RM5,000 for Sungrow.
- RM800–RM2,500 for an electrical board upgrade, and RM500–RM1,500 for extra cable runs, on some homes.
- RM300–RM500 a year for maintenance, and RM3,000–RM6,000 for a new inverter around year 10–12.
Batteries cost more than many guides suggest. Trexon's matching solar-plus-battery packages run RM18,299–RM38,999 above the solar-only price at the same panel size, depending on brand.
For a rough payback, Trexon projects RM210 a month saved on its RM17,499 6.82kWp package. That's about seven years, or just under six if it earns the full RM3,000. This is an installer's own projection, so ask for yours in writing, using your own bill.
What to ask before you pay a deposit
- SEDA registration: get the RPVSP number and check it in SEDA's 2026 directory. Only a registered provider can file your Solar ATAP application.
- kWac: have the Declared Installed Capacity written in the contract, not just the kWp.
- Commissioning date: ask what happens to your deposit if the 31 December date is missed. Be careful with any promise of the rebate, because TNB decides eligibility.
- Ownership: on an instalment or subscription plan, ask who is the Solar ATAP customer and whether SuRIA Home still applies. We found no official answer for those plans.
- Warranty and hardware: get panel and inverter brands, warranty terms and who services the system in year 10.
- Sizing: ask for your expected forfeited exports, based on your own TNB bill, not just the savings figure.
How the eight differ
Solarvest, Pekat Solar and Northern Solar are listed groups whose focus is bigger jobs. A terrace house is a small order for them, though a listed parent is some comfort for a long warranty. SOLS Energy and Verdant Solar focus on homes. Plus Xnergy and Sunview sell to both. GSPARX is the odd one out, because the installer and the company buying your exports belong to the same group.
Be wary of "number one" claims. Solarvest calls itself the #1 rooftop solar provider by volume, SOLS calls itself Malaysia's #1 in home solar installations, and Verdant holds a Malaysian Book of Records title for most PV homes installed. Each measures something different, and none of them tells you what your own job will be like.
How to pick
- You want a home specialist: get quotes from SOLS Energy and Verdant Solar.
- You don't want to pay upfront: GSPARX's instalment plan puts the payment on your TNB bill. SOLS's subscription needs an average bill of at least RM550.
- You want 0% on a card: GSPARX offers Maybank 36 months, and Sunview advertises up to 5 years.
- Your roof is due for replacement: look at Sunview's Sunroof, which replaces the roof covering.
- You're a business: start with Solarvest, Pekat Solar or Northern Solar. Your credit is the average SMP rather than the energy charge, so run the numbers separately.
Whichever you choose, get 2-3 site-survey quotes on the same kWac, inverter brand and roof assumptions. SEDA was already listing 110 registered providers in 2019, so you have plenty of alternatives if a quote feels rushed.
