LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY - SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE



The undersigned, as an officer of SolarCity Corporation (the Company), hereby

constitutes and appoints Lyndon R. Rive and Seth R. Weissman, and each of them,

the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to complete and

execute such Form ID, Forms 144, Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13 and such other

forms as such attorney shall in his discretion determine to be required or

advisable pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933

(as amended), Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended)

and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such other laws and

regulations as may require the undersigned to report his/her beneficial

ownership of securities of the Company, or any successor laws and regulations,

as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of

securities of the Company, and to do all acts necessary in order to file such

forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange

or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the

attorney shall deem appropriate.  The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms

all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by

virtue hereof.



This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Form ID, Forms 144, Forms 3, 4 and 5,

and Schedules 13 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions

in securities issued by the Company unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in

a writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



This Limited Power of Attorney is executed at San Mateo, California, as of the

date set forth below.





/s/ J. Radford Small

JAMES RADFORD SMALL

Dated: October 5, 2016



WITNESS:

/s/ Matt Tolland

Signature



Matt Tolland

Type or Print Name



Dated: October 5, 2016