Manassas, Virginia
Home Battery Backup in Manassas
Manassas runs its own electric utility, and its net metering rules pay nothing for excess solar. That makes a home battery a way to keep surplus at home, as well as backup in an outage.
No compensation for excess generation · flat RS rate of $0.0984/kWh plus $16.17/month · battery backup asked on the City's application.
The short answer
Manassas homes buy power from the City of Manassas, not Dominion. Under the City's net metering rules, a customer receives no compensation for excess generation, and leftover credits only offset what you were billed for.
The residential rate is flat: $0.0984/kWh plus a $16.17 monthly customer charge, adjusted for fuel and purchased power. So a battery here isn't about dodging a peak window. It's about using your own solar at night and keeping chosen circuits on in an outage.
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Tell us your Manassas address, whether you have solar and what must stay on in an outage. We confirm coverage and the City's interconnection rules before anyone sizes a battery.
What the City's rules mean for a battery
From the City of Manassas rate schedule and net metering rules.
No payment for excess generation
Under the City's net metering rules, a customer "shall receive no compensation for excess generation." Credits carry forward, but at the end of the period they only count up to what you were billed for. Surplus beyond that is lost.
A flat residential rate
Rate Schedule RS, effective July 1, 2025, is a $16.17 monthly customer charge plus $0.0984 per kWh, adjusted by the City's fuel and purchased power clause. There is no time-of-use window to shift load into.
No promise of continuous supply
The rate schedule states that the City does not guarantee a continuous supply of electricity. Like any utility, it has outages. A home battery covers selected circuits when it does.
What a home battery does in Manassas
Self-use of solar and outage backup, not rate arbitrage.
Store surplus for the evening
With solar, midday production you don't use can go to the battery and run the house after sunset, instead of building credits that may expire unused.
Choose the circuits that matter
Refrigeration, internet, lights, sump equipment and medical devices. A critical load panel decides what the battery carries so it isn't drained by loads that can wait.
The customer charge stays
Even in a month your credits cover all usage, the City still bills non-usage charges, including the customer charge. Plan around that.
Battery is on the City's application
The City's solar interconnection application asks whether the system includes battery backup and requires UL 1741 and IEEE 1547 equipment. We complete it with your design.
Manassas next to Danville, Harrisonburg and Alexandria
Danville and Harrisonburg also run city-owned electric utilities, each with its own net metering rules. Alexandria, nearby in Northern Virginia, is on Dominion. In Manassas, the detail that matters is that excess generation isn't paid for. For the City's water, see Manassas water quality.
Where these figures come from
Everything on this page traces to City of Manassas documents.
- City of Manassas — Residential Service Rate Schedule RS, FY26 (PDF) — customer charge, energy rate, fuel adjustment and supply terms.
- City of Manassas — Metering, Billing and Payment (PDF) — net metering credits and the no-compensation rule for excess generation.
- City of Manassas — Net metering interconnection application (PDF) — battery backup question, equipment standards and the approval steps.
What a home battery job with us covers
Installation of storage and the backup circuits behind it, with the siting and utility paperwork handled.
Battery installation
Wall or floor-mounted storage installed to the listing and to the residential code sections that govern where it may go.
Backup and critical load panel
Deciding and wiring which circuits stay live, and which must never be on backup — the choice that defines what an outage feels like.
Integration with existing PV solar
Connecting storage to an array that is already on the roof, including whether the existing inverter supports it.
Transfer switch and disconnection
The equipment that separates the house from the grid during an outage, which is what makes backup legal as well as possible.
Siting to code
Location, clearances, separation and impact protection assessed against the adopted code before anything is mounted.
Permit, inspection and utility approval
The electrical permit, the inspection, and the utility's own approval step where storage touches the service.
This is installation work. No runtime, capacity or incentive figure is quoted before your loads and your utility are confirmed. Coverage is confirmed per service area rather than promised as blanket availability.
What the work actually looks like
A battery job is an electrical job. The panel, the circuits and the disconnection are most of it.
Battery backup in Manassas, answered plainly
Who is the electric utility in Manassas?+
The City of Manassas runs its own electric utility for customers in the city. It is not Dominion Energy, so Dominion's net metering and rate pages don't apply.
Does Manassas pay for extra solar I send to the grid?+
No. The City's metering and billing rules say a net metering customer receives no compensation for excess generation. Credits carry forward, but at the end of the period they only offset up to the consumption you were billed for.
Will a battery lower my Manassas bill?+
We don't promise savings. The RS rate is flat, so there's no peak window to avoid. With solar, a battery can use surplus at home that might otherwise go uncredited. Without solar, its job is backup.
How do I connect solar and a battery in Manassas?+
Submit the City's interconnection application, which asks whether you have battery backup and requires UL 1741 and IEEE 1547 equipment, to netmetering@manassasva.gov. The City gives conditional approval, then permits follow.
How long will a battery run my house?+
It depends on capacity and which circuits you put on it, so we don't quote a runtime before seeing the panel.
Who installs it, and who is responsible afterwards?+
Seamless Home is the licensed contractor of record on the work it runs. Installation is performed by vetted installing partners engaged as our subcontractors, so the permit, the inspection and any correction notice carry one name. Coverage is confirmed per service area rather than promised as blanket availability.
Related resources
Home battery backup
The national service page behind this one.
Learn more →Manassas water quality
Lake Manassas water and its disinfection byproducts.
Learn more →Home battery backup in Danville, VA
Another city-owned utility, with its own grid batteries.
Learn more →Home battery backup in Harrisonburg, VA
Another Virginia municipal utility — HEC net metering.
Learn more →Home battery backup in Alexandria, VA
Northern Virginia on Dominion Energy.
Learn more →All home services
Water, battery, HVAC and solar under one licensed contractor of record.
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