UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 27, 2016

SolarCity Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

3055 Clearview Way

San Mateo, California 94402

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 638-1028

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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On May 27, 2016, a subsidiary (“Borrower”) of SolarCity Corporation (“SolarCity”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to a revolving credit facility originally entered into on May 4, 2015 (the “Revolving Aggregation Credit Facility”) with a syndicate of lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent.  The Revolving Aggregation Credit Facility is further described in SolarCity’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed on May 10, 2016.  The Amendment increased the total lender commitments under the Revolving Aggregation Credit Facility by $40,000,000 to $690,000,000.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.