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Benevolent Builders

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #1622 resolved from 11 public installation records.

At a glance

Benevolent Builders is a solar installer with 11 recorded installations totalling 97 kW, dated 2022 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4151st of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 6,987th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 10 priced systems is $4.37/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
11
Total capacity
97 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
9.2 kW
≈ $44,900
Median price
$4.37/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
45%
First recorded
2022
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2022
6$6.46/W
2023
1$5.02/W
2024
2$3.50/W
2025
2$4.37/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jan 23, 2025Red Bluff, CA10.1 kW$44,000Host-owned · battery
Jan 22, 2025Anderson, CA10.1 kW$44,000Host-owned · battery
May 4, 2024Cobb, CA7.2 kW$28,950Host-owned
Apr 24, 2024Gerber, CA15.4 kW$45,800Host-owned
Apr 18, 2023Anderson, CA9.7 kW$48,560Host-owned
Nov 15, 2022Anderson, CA5.1 kW$48,842Host-owned · battery
Oct 13, 2022Anderson, CA9.2 kW$45Host-owned
Sep 21, 2022Whitmore, CA6.7 kW$23,000Host-owned
Jul 23, 2022Redding, CA10.1 kW$31,033Host-owned
Jun 22, 2022Cottonwood, CA7.6 kW$48,800Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

California
11

Busiest cities

Anderson, CA 4Red Bluff, CA 2Redding, CA 1Cobb, CA 1Whitmore, CA 1Cottonwood, CA 1Gerber, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-1622
First recorded install
Jun 2, 2022
Last recorded install
Jan 23, 2025
Priced records
10

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How does Benevolent Builders compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Benevolent Builders ranks 4151st among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $4.37/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 9.2 kW, is about 56% 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. 45% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Barton Electric (11), Barts Contracting (11) and Bay Area Systems And Solutionsdba Bass Electric Company (11).

How has Benevolent Builders's installation volume changed?

Benevolent Builders's earliest dated installation on record is from 2022. It has recorded installations in 4 calendar years. The busiest year was 2022, with 6 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $6.46/W in 2022 to $4.37/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jan 23, 2025.

Where does Benevolent Builders install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Anderson, CA (4), Red Bluff, CA (2), Redding, CA (1), Cobb, CA (1) and Whitmore, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Benevolent Builders completed?

PanelCensus records 11 installations by Benevolent Builders, from Jun 2, 2022 to Jan 23, 2025, totalling 97 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Benevolent Builders charge for solar?

The median installed price across 10 priced systems is $4.37/W before incentives (median system 9.2 kW, about $44,900). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Benevolent Builders install solar?

All 11 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Anderson.

Is Benevolent Builders still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Benevolent Builders in the public records is dated Jan 23, 2025; 2025 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Benevolent Builders install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Benevolent Builders install battery storage?

5 recorded installations by Benevolent Builders (45%) 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, “Benevolent Builders, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/benevolent-builders-1622 (data as of September 21, 2026).