Bob Ruffa Electric
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #1846 resolved from 69 public installation records.
At a glance
Bob Ruffa Electric is a solar installer with 69 recorded installations totalling 532 kW, dated 2006 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1695th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 2,819th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 51 priced systems from all years is $3.54/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 | Bob Ruffa Electric | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | $3.58/W | $3.97/W | −10% |
| 2016 | 8 | $3.48/W | $4.37/W | −20% |
| 2015 | 10 | $3.52/W | $4.58/W | −23% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2025 | Springville, CA | 9.5 kW | $23,368 | Host-owned · battery |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Springville, CA | 3.6 kW | $10,890 | Host-owned |
| Dec 14, 2024 | Porterville, CA | 3.6 kW | $14,250 | Host-owned |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Porterville, CA | 5.7 kW | $22,240 | Host-owned |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Springville, CA | 6.3 kW | $21,059 | Host-owned |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Porterville, CA | 6.6 kW | $14,250 | Host-owned |
| Sep 13, 2023 | Porterville, CA | 7.9 kW | $26,771 | Host-owned |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Springville, CA | 8.8 kW | $36,178 | Host-owned |
| Sep 29, 2020 | Porterville, CA | 2.9 kW | $17,513 | Host-owned |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Porterville, CA | 9.1 kW | $32,586 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-1846
- First recorded install
- Aug 4, 2006
- Last recorded install
- Apr 12, 2025
- Priced records
- 51
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How does Bob Ruffa Electric compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Bob Ruffa Electric ranks 1695th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.54/W is about 17% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.8 kW, is about 14% 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. 3% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Watt Josh Electric (70), Ramon Brizo (70) and A Plus Roofing And Construction (69).
How has Bob Ruffa Electric's installation volume changed?
Bob Ruffa Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2006. It has recorded installations in 16 calendar years. The busiest year was 2015, with 13 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $7.49/W in 2006 to $2.75/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Apr 12, 2025.
Where does Bob Ruffa Electric install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Porterville, CA (41), Springville, CA (11), Strathmore, CA (4), Visalia, CA (2) and Terra Bella, CA (2).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Bob Ruffa Electric completed?
PanelCensus records 69 installations by Bob Ruffa Electric, from Aug 4, 2006 to Apr 12, 2025, totalling 532 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Bob Ruffa Electric charge for solar?
The median installed price across 51 priced systems from all years is $3.54/W before incentives (median system 6.8 kW, about $26,125). 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 Bob Ruffa Electric install solar?
All 69 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Porterville.
Is Bob Ruffa Electric still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Bob Ruffa Electric in the public records is dated Apr 12, 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 Bob Ruffa Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Bob Ruffa Electric (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Bob Ruffa Electric install battery storage?
2 recorded installations by Bob Ruffa Electric (3%) 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, “Bob Ruffa Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/bob-ruffa-electric-1846 (data as of September 21, 2026).