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Alta West Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #66838 resolved from 28 public installation records.

At a glance

Alta West Electric is a solar installer with 28 recorded installations totalling 374 kW, dated 2010 to 2021. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2663rd of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 4,506th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 25 priced systems from all years is $4.11/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
28
Total capacity
374 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
7.3 kW
≈ $33,650
Median price
$4.11/W
all years · 25 priced
Third-party owned
4%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2021

Track record

Install volume by year

2010
1
2012
3$4.50/W
2014
2$3.10/W
2015
3$5.88/W
2016
4$4.65/W
2017
4$4.07/W
2018
3$4.00/W
2019
1$4.09/W
2020
6$4.11/W
2021
1$3.92/W

Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 13, 2021Pinon Hills, CA8.2 kW$32,000Host-owned
Dec 28, 2020Santa Monica, CA4.3 kW$16,424Host-owned
Sep 30, 2020Beverly Hills, CA25.4 kW$110,000Host-owned
Jun 3, 2020Santa Monica, CA4.3 kW$16,424Host-owned
Feb 10, 2020Concord, CA5.9 kW$24,400Host-owned
Feb 7, 2020Castaic, CA7.9 kW$35,000Host-owned
Jan 2, 2020Concord, CA5.9 kW$24,400Host-owned
Feb 5, 2019Los Angeles, CA9.8 kW$39,913Host-owned
Mar 29, 2018Tarzana, CA6.1 kW$24,400Host-owned
Feb 8, 2018Topanga, CA1.9 kW$8,418Host-owned

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Service geography

California
28

Busiest cities

Los Angeles, CA 4Tarzana, CA 3Santa Monica, CA 2Echo Park, CA 2Van Nuys, CA 2Concord, CA 2Torrance, CA 1Reseda, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-66838
First recorded install
Aug 5, 2010
Last recorded install
Dec 13, 2021
Priced records
25

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How does Alta West Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Alta West Electric ranks 2663rd among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $4.11/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 7.3 kW, is about 24% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 4% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include S R BRAY LLC (28), Sunspired Builders (28) and VALLEY HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING & HOME IMPROVEMENTS INC (28).

How has Alta West Electric's installation volume changed?

Alta West Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2010. It has recorded installations in 10 calendar years. The busiest year was 2020, with 6 installations. 2021, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $4.50/W in 2012 to $3.92/W in 2021. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 13, 2021. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Alta West Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Los Angeles, CA (4), Tarzana, CA (3), Santa Monica, CA (2), Echo Park, CA (2) and Van Nuys, CA (2).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Alta West Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 28 installations by Alta West Electric, from Aug 5, 2010 to Dec 13, 2021, totalling 374 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Alta West Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 25 priced systems from all years is $4.11/W before incentives (median system 7.3 kW, about $33,650). 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 Alta West Electric install solar?

All 28 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Los Angeles.

Is Alta West Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Alta West Electric in the public records is dated Dec 13, 2021; 2021 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Alta West Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

1 recorded installation by Alta West Electric (4%) is third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Alta West Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Alta West Electric (0%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

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, “Alta West Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/alta-west-electric-66838 (data as of September 21, 2026).