Auburn Solar
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #1285 resolved from 116 public installation records.
At a glance
Auburn Solar is a solar installer with 116 recorded installations totalling 1.6 MW, dated 2014 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1261st of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 2,065th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $3.16/W before incentives, across 15 priced systems.
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 | Auburn Solar | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | $3.08/W | $3.80/W | −19% |
| 2023 | 5 | $3.21/W | $4.06/W | −21% |
| 2022 | 5 | $3.10/W | $4.11/W | −25% |
| 2016 | 35 | $3.24/W | $4.37/W | −26% |
| 2015 | 9 | $3.30/W | $4.58/W | −28% |
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 2025. 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 23, 2025 | El Dorado Hills, CA | 7.2 kW | $28,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Grass Valley, CA | — | $0 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Auburn, CA | — | $48,115 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Auburn, CA | — | $27,981 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Auburn, CA | 3.2 kW | $10,000 | Host-owned |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Auburn, CA | — | $38,880 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Grass Valley, CA | — | $27,945 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Plymouth, CA | 172.7 kW | $400,028 | — |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Plymouth, CA | 112.9 kW | $194,000 | Host-owned |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Auburn, CA | 12.5 kW | $37,665 | Host-owned · battery |
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Service geography
- California
- 116
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-1285
- First recorded install
- Jan 22, 2014
- Last recorded install
- Dec 23, 2025
- Priced records
- 80
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How does Auburn Solar compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Auburn Solar ranks 1261st among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $3.16/W is about 20% below the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 7 kW, is about 18% 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. 21% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include AFFORDABLE HEATING & AIR INC (117), MEDALLION PLUMBING (117) and TRI POINTE HOMES HOLDINGS INC (117).
How has Auburn Solar's installation volume changed?
Auburn Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2014. It has recorded installations in 8 calendar years. The busiest year was 2016, with 35 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 24. Its median price per watt moved from $3.30/W in 2015 to $3.27/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 23, 2025.
Where does Auburn Solar install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Auburn, CA (52), Grass Valley, CA (13), Lincoln, CA (9), Colfax, CA (4) and Newcastle, CA (4).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Auburn Solar completed?
PanelCensus records 116 installations by Auburn Solar, from Jan 22, 2014 to Dec 23, 2025, totalling 1.6 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Auburn Solar charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $3.16/W before incentives, across 15 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 80 priced systems since 2014, including battery systems, the median is $3.25/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state incentive programs, divided by the system's DC watts, so they can include electrical upgrades or other work billed with the solar.
Where does Auburn Solar install solar?
All 116 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Auburn.
Is Auburn Solar still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Auburn Solar in the public records is dated Dec 23, 2025; 2025 has 24 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Auburn Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Auburn Solar (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Auburn Solar install battery storage?
24 recorded installations by Auburn Solar (21%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
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- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
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- MEDALLION PLUMBING· 117 installations
- TRI POINTE HOMES HOLDINGS INC· 117 installations
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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, “Auburn Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/auburn-solar-1285 (data as of September 21, 2026).