Best Solar
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #1666 resolved from 708 public installation records.
At a glance
Best Solar is a solar installer with 708 recorded installations totalling 5.0 MW, dated 2005 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 337th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 556th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $4.98/W before incentives, across 164 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 | Best Solar | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | $3.53/W | $3.80/W | −7% |
| 2023 | 158 | $5.08/W | $4.06/W | +25% |
| 2022 | 40 | $4.16/W | $4.11/W | +1% |
| 2021 | 71 | $4.86/W | $3.98/W | +22% |
| 2020 | 20 | $3.79/W | $3.97/W | −5% |
| 2019 | 106 | $7.50/W | $3.95/W | +90% |
| 2018 | 130 | $6.63/W | $4.01/W | +65% |
| 2017 | 82 | $3.25/W | $4.05/W | −20% |
| 2016 | 48 | $4.82/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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2025 | Wasco, CA | 11.2 kW | $74,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Porterville, CA | 4.4 kW | $20,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Onyx, CA | 4.7 kW | $12,794 | Third-party · battery |
| Jan 9, 2025 | Bakersfield, CA | 8.4 kW | $17,222 | Third-party · battery |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Bakersfield, CA | 10.4 kW | $63,220 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Bakersfield, CA | 5.6 kW | $10,920 | Third-party · battery |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Bakersfield, CA | 10.7 kW | $22,832 | Third-party · battery |
| Oct 8, 2024 | Porterville, CA | 6.4 kW | $12,941 | Third-party · battery |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Bakersfield, CA | 7.6 kW | $1,189 | Third-party · battery |
| Sep 3, 2024 | Fresno, CA | 19.8 kW | $67,279 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- California
- 708
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-1666
- First recorded install
- Jun 2, 2005
- Last recorded install
- Feb 14, 2025
- Priced records
- 698
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How does Best Solar compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Best Solar ranks 337th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $4.98/W is about 26% above the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 6 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 8% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 5% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Connected Technology (716), American Engineering (716) and Green Stock Solar (709).
How has Best Solar's installation volume changed?
Best Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2005. It has recorded installations in 12 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 170 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 4. Its median price per watt moved from $3.06/W in 2015 to $3.62/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Feb 14, 2025.
Where does Best Solar install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Bakersfield, CA (198), Fresno, CA (28), Taft, CA (21), Arroyo Grande, CA (18) and Lancaster, CA (15).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Best Solar completed?
PanelCensus records 708 installations by Best Solar, from Jun 2, 2005 to Feb 14, 2025, totalling 5.0 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Best Solar charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $4.98/W before incentives, across 164 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 698 priced systems since 2005, including battery systems, the median is $5.28/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 Best Solar install solar?
All 708 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Bakersfield.
Is Best Solar still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Best Solar in the public records is dated Feb 14, 2025; 2025 has 4 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Best Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?
55 recorded installations by Best Solar (8%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Best Solar install battery storage?
35 recorded installations by Best Solar (5%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
- All solar installers in California· 6,010 profiles
- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
- Connected Technology· 716 installations
- American Engineering· 716 installations
- Green Stock Solar· 709 installations
- Earth Electric· 708 installations
- Barrier Solar· 707 installations
- Gnrg· 706 installations
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, “Best Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/best-solar-1666 (data as of September 21, 2026).