Arnold Solar
No recent recordsSolar installer based in California · installer record #1162 resolved from 76 public installation records.
At a glance
Arnold Solar is a solar installer with 76 recorded installations totalling 804 kW, dated 2009 to 2022. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1610th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 2,675th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 66 priced systems from all years is $3.51/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 | Arnold Solar | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | $3.25/W | $4.11/W | −21% |
| 2021 | 8 | $3.26/W | $3.98/W | −18% |
| 2020 | 6 | $3.62/W | $3.97/W | −9% |
| 2019 | 14 | $3.16/W | $3.95/W | −20% |
| 2018 | 8 | $2.98/W | $4.01/W | −26% |
| 2017 | 6 | $4.48/W | $4.05/W | +11% |
| 2016 | 7 | $3.93/W | $4.37/W | −10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2022 | San Diego, CA | 29.2 kW | $86,976 | Host-owned |
| Jul 27, 2022 | Imperial Beach, CA | 58.3 kW | $174,960 | Host-owned |
| Apr 14, 2022 | San Diego, CA | 4.4 kW | $20,539 | Host-owned |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Murrieta, CA | 9.3 kW | $30,995 | Host-owned |
| Feb 7, 2022 | San Diego, CA | 5.9 kW | $19,240 | Host-owned |
| Jan 20, 2022 | Valley Center, CA | 7.4 kW | $31,230 | Host-owned |
| Jan 5, 2022 | San Diego, CA | 6.6 kW | $19,800 | Host-owned |
| Oct 5, 2021 | La Jolla, CA | 5.6 kW | $24,943 | Host-owned |
| Sep 29, 2021 | La Jolla, CA | 10.4 kW | $49,995 | Host-owned · battery |
| Sep 2, 2021 | La Jolla, CA | 14.4 kW | $41,857 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-1162
- First recorded install
- May 1, 2009
- Last recorded install
- Dec 14, 2022
- Priced records
- 66
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How does Arnold Solar compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Arnold Solar ranks 1610th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.51/W is about 18% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.7 kW, is about 13% 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. 4% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Youngs Air Conditioning (77), Permacity (77) and True PWR LLC (77).
How has Arnold Solar's installation volume changed?
Arnold Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2009. It has recorded installations in 11 calendar years. The busiest year was 2019, with 15 installations. 2022, its latest year with records, has 7. Its median price per watt moved from $7.47/W in 2009 to $3.25/W in 2022. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 14, 2022. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.
Where does Arnold Solar install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (21), Valley Center, CA (9), La Jolla, CA (8), Escondido, CA (7) and Carlsbad, CA (6).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Arnold Solar completed?
PanelCensus records 76 installations by Arnold Solar, from May 1, 2009 to Dec 14, 2022, totalling 804 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Arnold Solar charge for solar?
The median installed price across 66 priced systems from all years is $3.51/W before incentives (median system 6.7 kW, about $28,751). 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 Arnold Solar install solar?
All 76 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.
Is Arnold Solar still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Arnold Solar in the public records is dated Dec 14, 2022; 2022 has 7 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Arnold Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Arnold Solar (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Arnold Solar install battery storage?
3 recorded installations by Arnold Solar (4%) include 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, “Arnold Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/arnold-solar-1162 (data as of September 21, 2026).