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Brighten Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #1986 resolved from 1,006 public installation records.

At a glance

Brighten Solar is a solar installer with 1,006 recorded installations totalling 6.7 MW, dated 2016 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 263rd of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 433rd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 1,001 priced systems is $3.61/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
1,006
Total capacity
6.7 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
5.4 kW
≈ $20,000
Median price
$3.61/W
pre-incentive · 1,001 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
24%
First recorded
2016
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2016
15$3.65/W
2017
42$2.67/W
2018
70$3.24/W
2019
103$3.30/W
2020
101$3.52/W
2021
136$3.42/W
2022
117$3.70/W
2023
155$3.86/W
2024
141$3.69/W
2025
130$4.72/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 31, 2025Goleta, CA3.4 kW$23,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 30, 2025Santa Barbara, CA2.6 kW$26,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 29, 2025Santa Barbara, CA7.5 kW$54,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 29, 2025Santa Barbara, CA11.9 kW$67,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 27, 2025Santa Barbara, CA6.6 kW$60,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 24, 2025Santa Barbara, CA5.3 kW$38,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 24, 2025Santa Barbara, CA7.6 kW$26,169Host-owned
Dec 22, 2025Santa Barbara, CA8.8 kW$47,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 20, 2025Santa Barbara, CA3.9 kW$4,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 19, 2025Santa Barbara, CA6 kW$38,000Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

California
1,010

Busiest cities

Santa Barbara, CA 711Goleta, CA 139Ventura, CA 33Carpinteria, CA 31Solvang, CA 28Santa Ynez, CA 17Buellton, CA 11Ojai, CA 7

Record

Installer ID
PC-1986
First recorded install
Apr 15, 2016
Last recorded install
Dec 31, 2025
Priced records
1,001

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How does Brighten Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Brighten Solar ranks 263rd among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.61/W is about 15% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 5.4 kW, is roughly in line with 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. 24% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Revco Solar Engineering (1,025), California Solar Store (1,023) and Energy Renovation Center (1,015).

How has Brighten Solar's installation volume changed?

Brighten Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2016. It has recorded installations in 10 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 155 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 130. Its median price per watt moved from $3.65/W in 2016 to $4.72/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 31, 2025.

Where does Brighten Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Santa Barbara, CA (711), Goleta, CA (139), Ventura, CA (33), Carpinteria, CA (31) and Solvang, CA (28).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Brighten Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 1,006 installations by Brighten Solar, from Apr 15, 2016 to Dec 31, 2025, totalling 6.7 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Brighten Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 1,001 priced systems is $3.61/W before incentives (median system 5.4 kW, about $20,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Brighten Solar install solar?

All 1,006 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Santa Barbara.

Is Brighten Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Brighten Solar in the public records is dated Dec 31, 2025; 2025 has 130 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Brighten Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Brighten Solar install battery storage?

240 recorded installations by Brighten Solar (24%) 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, “Brighten Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/brighten-solar-1986 (data as of September 21, 2026).