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Armando Melo Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #1155 resolved from 5 public installation records.

At a glance

Armando Melo Electric is a solar installer with 5 recorded installations totalling 58 kW, dated 2009 to 2019. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 5518th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 9,632nd of 10,537 nationally.

Recorded installs
5
Total capacity
58 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
8.6 kW
≈ $32,720
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2019

Track record

Install volume by year

2009
1
2016
1
2017
2
2019
1

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jan 3, 2019Los Angeles, CA11.6 kW$33,520Host-owned
Sep 27, 2017Calabasas, CA8.6 kW$25,000Host-owned
Jul 3, 2017Santa Monica, CA8.2 kW$32,720Host-owned
Jan 13, 2016Riverside, CA4.8 kW$10,964Host-owned
Apr 22, 2009Bonsall, CA25.2 kW$234,000Host-owned

Service geography

California
5

Busiest cities

Santa Monica, CA 1Los Angeles, CA 1Riverside, CA 1Calabasas, CA 1Bonsall, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-1155
First recorded install
Apr 22, 2009
Last recorded install
Jan 3, 2019
Priced records
5

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How does Armando Melo Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Armando Melo Electric ranks 5518th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 8.6 kW, is about 46% 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. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Anderson Builders (5), Anderson Niswander (5) and Apex Electric (5).

How has Armando Melo Electric's installation volume changed?

Armando Melo Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2009. It has recorded installations in 4 calendar years. The busiest year was 2017, with 2 installations. 2019, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $9.29/W in 2009 to $2.89/W in 2019. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jan 3, 2019. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Armando Melo Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Santa Monica, CA (1), Los Angeles, CA (1), Riverside, CA (1), Calabasas, CA (1) and Bonsall, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Armando Melo Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 5 installations by Armando Melo Electric, from Apr 22, 2009 to Jan 3, 2019, totalling 58 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Armando Melo Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 5 priced systems from all years is $2.89/W before incentives (median system 8.6 kW, about $32,720). 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 Armando Melo Electric install solar?

All 5 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Santa Monica.

Is Armando Melo Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Armando Melo Electric in the public records is dated Jan 3, 2019; 2019 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Armando Melo Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

0 recorded installations by Armando Melo Electric (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Armando Melo Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Armando Melo 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, “Armando Melo Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/armando-melo-electric-1155 (data as of September 21, 2026).