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Bob Ruffa Electric

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Solar 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 1762nd of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,891st of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 51 priced systems is $3.54/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
69
Total capacity
532 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.8 kW
≈ $26,125
Median price
$3.54/W
pre-incentive · 51 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
3%
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2006
2$7.49/W
2008
4$7.63/W
2011
7$5.27/W
2012
2$6.92/W
2013
6$4.60/W
2014
5
2015
13$3.52/W
2016
8$3.48/W
2017
3$3.39/W
2018
4$3.33/W
2019
2$3.37/W
2020
5$3.58/W
2021
1$4.13/W
2023
2$2.77/W
2024
3$3.88/W
2025
2$2.75/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Apr 12, 2025Springville, CA9.5 kW$23,368Host-owned · battery
Jan 16, 2025Springville, CA3.6 kW$10,890Host-owned
Dec 14, 2024Porterville, CA3.6 kW$14,250Host-owned
Jun 11, 2024Porterville, CA5.7 kW$22,240Host-owned
Jan 29, 2024Springville, CA6.3 kW$21,059Host-owned
Sep 22, 2023Porterville, CA6.6 kW$14,250Host-owned
Sep 13, 2023Porterville, CA7.9 kW$26,771Host-owned
Jul 1, 2021Springville, CA8.8 kW$36,178Host-owned
Sep 29, 2020Porterville, CA2.9 kW$17,513Host-owned
Sep 28, 2020Porterville, CA9.1 kW$32,586Host-owned

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Service geography

California
69

Busiest cities

Porterville, CA 41Springville, CA 11Strathmore, CA 4Terra Bella, CA 2Tulare, CA 2Exeter, CA 2

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 1762nd among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 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 Ramon Brizo (70), Allcom Electric Data (69) and American Energy (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), Terra Bella, CA (2) and Tulare, 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 is $3.54/W before incentives (median system 6.8 kW, about $26,125). The California median is $4.26/W.

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.

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, “Bob Ruffa Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/bob-ruffa-electric-1846 (data as of September 21, 2026).