California Builders
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #2263 resolved from 127 public installation records.
At a glance
California Builders is a solar installer with 127 recorded installations totalling 1.4 MW, dated 2020 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1193rd of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 1,955th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $2.95/W before incentives, across 53 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 | California Builders | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | $2.93/W | $3.80/W | −23% |
| 2023 | 45 | $2.97/W | $4.06/W | −27% |
| 2022 | 34 | $2.86/W | $4.11/W | −30% |
| 2021 | 12 | $2.66/W | $3.98/W | −33% |
| 2020 | 7 | $2.72/W | $3.97/W | −31% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2025 | Quincy, CA | 3.6 kW | $20,500 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Chico, CA | 5.7 kW | $31,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Chico, CA | 9.2 kW | $48,995 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Chico, CA | 5.7 kW | $31,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Chico, CA | 7.4 kW | $37,990 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Georgetown, CA | 5.9 kW | $32,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Chico, CA | 9.1 kW | $38,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Los Molinos, CA | 6 kW | $32,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Chico, CA | 6 kW | $29,800 | Host-owned · battery |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Chico, CA | 5.9 kW | $30,995 | Host-owned · battery |
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Service geography
- California
- 127
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-2263
- First recorded install
- Oct 28, 2020
- Last recorded install
- Dec 29, 2025
- Priced records
- 126
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How does California Builders compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations California Builders ranks 1193rd among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $2.95/W is about 25% below the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 8.6 kW, is about 45% 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. 16% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Harmony Solar (128), Sunnova (128) and Vital Energy Solutions (128).
How has California Builders's installation volume changed?
California Builders's earliest dated installation on record is from 2020. It has recorded installations in 6 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 46 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 15. Its median price per watt moved from $2.72/W in 2020 to $5.11/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 29, 2025.
Where does California Builders install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Chico, CA (66), Paradise, CA (13), Oroville, CA (10), Quincy, CA (4) and Durham, CA (4).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has California Builders completed?
PanelCensus records 127 installations by California Builders, from Oct 28, 2020 to Dec 29, 2025, totalling 1.4 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does California Builders charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $2.95/W before incentives, across 53 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 126 priced systems since 2020, including battery systems, the median is $2.95/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 California Builders install solar?
All 127 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Chico.
Is California Builders still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to California Builders in the public records is dated Dec 29, 2025; 2025 has 15 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does California Builders install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by California Builders (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does California Builders install battery storage?
20 recorded installations by California Builders (16%) include a battery.
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- Chico Roofing· 127 installations
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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, “California Builders, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/california-builders-2263 (data as of September 21, 2026).