1St Choice Solar
No recent recordsSolar installer based in California · installer record #32 resolved from 62 public installation records.
At a glance
1St Choice Solar is a solar installer with 62 recorded installations totalling 506 kW, dated 2016 to 2020. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1786th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 2,971st of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 61 priced systems from all years is $4.18/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Recorded installs per year; prices by year are in the table below.
Pricing
Price by year (solar only)
| Year | Priced systems | 1St Choice Solar | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | $4.70/W | $4.01/W | +17% |
| 2017 | 19 | $3.65/W | $4.05/W | −10% |
| 2016 | 25 | $4.32/W | $4.37/W | −1% |
Median installed price per DC watt before incentives, systems without a battery, by the year in the public record. Years with fewer than five priced systems are left out.
Why a company's own figure can differ from this one
- Timing. These prices come from state incentive filings, published about once a year, so the latest full year here is the last year of data. Prices moved down in many states after 2023; a company's current quotes can be lower (or higher) than its last full year on record.
- Dates.A filing is dated when the program processed it, not when the job was sold, so jobs can land in a different month or year than in the company's own books.
- What the price includes.The filed price is the whole project as reported to the program, which can include loan dealer fees, electrical panel upgrades or roof work. A company's internal figure often leaves those out.
- Batteries.Systems flagged with a battery are excluded here; a battery the filing didn't flag can still raise a year's median.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2020 | Upland, CA | 6.4 kW | $21,000 | Host-owned |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Altadena, CA | 7 kW | $31,900 | Host-owned |
| Aug 22, 2019 | Santa Ana, CA | 5 kW | $45,000 | Host-owned |
| Jul 17, 2019 | Saugus, CA | 7.8 kW | $27,472 | Host-owned |
| May 31, 2019 | La Jolla, CA | 8.9 kW | $63,876 | Host-owned · battery |
| Jan 17, 2019 | Yorba Linda, CA | 6.8 kW | $27,500 | Host-owned |
| Nov 5, 2018 | La Habra, CA | 7.8 kW | $43,462 | Host-owned |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Long Beach, CA | 4.2 kW | $15,000 | Host-owned |
| Sep 28, 2018 | La Habra, CA | 5.3 kW | $25,000 | Host-owned |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Spring Valley, CA | 11.7 kW | $55,000 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-32
- First recorded install
- Mar 16, 2016
- Last recorded install
- Oct 1, 2020
- Priced records
- 61
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How does 1St Choice Solar compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations 1St Choice Solar ranks 1786th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $4.18/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.9 kW, is about 17% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 0% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 2% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include NORTHERN PACIFIC POWER SYSTEMS INC (63), SAMEDAY PLUMBING HEATING & COOLING LLC (63) and Vaca Valley Roofing Dba Old Country Roofing (63).
How has 1St Choice Solar's installation volume changed?
1St Choice Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2016. It has recorded installations in 5 calendar years. The busiest year was 2016, with 25 installations. 2020, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $4.32/W in 2016 to $3.28/W in 2020. The most recent recorded installation is dated Oct 1, 2020. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.
Where does 1St Choice Solar install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Apple Valley, CA (3), Santa Ana, CA (3), Riverside, CA (3), La Habra, CA (2) and Adelanto, CA (2).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has 1St Choice Solar completed?
PanelCensus records 62 installations by 1St Choice Solar, from Mar 16, 2016 to Oct 1, 2020, totalling 506 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does 1St Choice Solar charge for solar?
The median installed price across 61 priced systems from all years is $4.18/W before incentives (median system 6.9 kW, about $27,472). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.
Where does 1St Choice Solar install solar?
All 62 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Apple Valley.
Is 1St Choice Solar still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to 1St Choice Solar in the public records is dated Oct 1, 2020; 2020 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does 1St Choice Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by 1St Choice Solar (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does 1St Choice Solar install battery storage?
1 recorded installation by 1St Choice Solar (2%) includes a battery.
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Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + permit and program records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching.
About this data
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published September 21, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “1St Choice Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/1st-choice-solar-32 (data as of September 21, 2026).