Better Earth Electric
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · active in 2 states · installer record #1677 resolved from 848 public installation records.
Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data); its other state through Dec 2025 (LBNL Tracking the Sun).
At a glance
Better Earth Electric is a solar installer with 848 recorded installations totalling 6.1 MW, dated 2017 to 2026. Its records are concentrated in California (100%), where it ranks 308th of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 499th of 10,840 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $4.57/W before incentives, across 10 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 | Better Earth Electric | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | $4.57/W | $4.06/W | +13% |
| 2022 | 35 | $4.89/W | $4.11/W | +19% |
| 2021 | 84 | $5.00/W | $3.98/W | +26% |
| 2020 | 374 | $4.87/W | $3.97/W | +23% |
| 2019 | 97 | $3.98/W | $3.95/W | +1% |
| 2018 | 39 | $3.96/W | $4.01/W | −1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2026 | San Diego, CA | — | — | — |
| Nov 6, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | — | — |
| Oct 31, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | — | — |
| Sep 3, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | — | — |
| Sep 2, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | — | — |
| Jul 30, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | — | — |
| Jul 16, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | — | — |
| Jul 14, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | — | — |
| Jul 11, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | — | — |
| Jul 8, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | — | — |
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Service geography
- California
- 846
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-1677
- First recorded install
- Oct 23, 2017
- Last recorded install
- Jan 14, 2026
- Priced records
- 652
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How does Better Earth Electric compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Better Earth Electric ranks 308th among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $4.57/W is about 16% above the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 5.8 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. under 1% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 2% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Renewable Solar (853), Sunmade Energy (851) and Larsun (850).
How has Better Earth Electric's installation volume changed?
Better Earth Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2017. It has recorded installations in 9 calendar years. The busiest year was 2020, with 384 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 43. Its median price per watt moved from $2.20/W in 2017 to $4.57/W in 2023. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jan 14, 2026.
Where does Better Earth Electric install solar?
Recorded installations span 2 states: California (846, 100%) and Arizona (2, under 1%). The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (123), Sacramento, CA (70), San Jose, CA (32), Rch Msn Viejo, CA (31) and Oakland, CA (22).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Better Earth Electric completed?
PanelCensus records 848 installations by Better Earth Electric, from Oct 23, 2017 to Jan 14, 2026, totalling 6.1 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Better Earth Electric charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $4.57/W before incentives, across 10 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 652 priced systems since 2017, including battery systems, the median is $4.71/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 Better Earth Electric install solar?
Recorded installs span 2 states, led by California (846) and Arizona (2). Its busiest city is San Diego, CA.
Is Better Earth Electric still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Better Earth Electric in the public records is dated Jan 14, 2026; 2025 has 43 recorded installations. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data); its other state through Dec 2025 (LBNL Tracking the Sun), so the newest installations may not appear yet.
Does Better Earth Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?
6 recorded installations by Better Earth Electric (under 1%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Better Earth Electric install battery storage?
13 recorded installations by Better Earth Electric (2%) include a battery.
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- Renewable Solar· 853 installations
- Sunmade Energy· 851 installations
- Larsun· 850 installations
- Stem· 846 installations
- North State Solar· 842 installations
- Zero Energy Contracting· 837 installations
- Solar in Arizona· 2 by Better Earth Electric
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.
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, “Better Earth Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/better-earth-electric-1677 (data as of September 21, 2026).