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California Preferred Builders

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #2289 resolved from 25 public installation records.

Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data).

At a glance

California Preferred Builders is a solar installer with 25 recorded installations totalling 165 kW, dated 2011 to 2015. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2835th of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 4,801st of 10,840 nationally. The median installed price across 24 priced systems from all years is $7.37/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
25
Total capacity
165 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
6 kW
≈ $36,800
Median price
$7.37/W
all years · 24 priced
Third-party owned
20%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2015

Track record

Install volume by year

2011
11
2012
3
2013
4
2014
2
2015
5

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Sep 25, 2015San Diego, CA6 kW$38,809Host-owned
Sep 21, 2015San Diego, CA3.6 kW$25,100Host-owned
Jun 29, 2015Poway, CA6 kW$37,600Host-owned
Apr 22, 2015El Cajon, CA3 kW$15,000Host-owned
Feb 6, 2015San Diego, CA7.3 kW——
May 19, 2014Malibu, CA5.6 kW$33,099Host-owned
Feb 6, 2014North Hills, CA6.4 kW$33,062Host-owned
Nov 27, 2013Cerritos, CA6.8 kW$32,359Host-owned
Nov 14, 2013Ojai, CA3.8 kW$22,850Host-owned
Nov 6, 2013Redondo Beach, CA3.8 kW$21,803Host-owned

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Service geography

California
25

Busiest cities

San Diego, CA 3Los Angeles, CA 2El Cajon, CA 1Poway, CA 1Lancaster, CA 1Cerritos, CA 1North Hills, CA 1Ojai, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-2289
First recorded install
Feb 4, 2011
Last recorded install
Sep 25, 2015
Priced records
24

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How does California Preferred Builders compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations California Preferred Builders ranks 2835th among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $7.37/W is about 73% above the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 20% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Barnum Celillo Electric (25), Bhenrys Quality Electric Solar (25) and Bp Solar International (25).

How has California Preferred Builders's installation volume changed?

California Preferred Builders's earliest dated installation on record is from 2011. It has recorded installations in 5 calendar years. The busiest year was 2011, with 11 installations. 2015, its latest year with records, has 5. Its median price per watt moved from $8.32/W in 2011 to $6.37/W in 2015. The most recent recorded installation is dated Sep 25, 2015. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does California Preferred Builders install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (3), Los Angeles, CA (2), El Cajon, CA (1), Poway, CA (1) and Lancaster, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has California Preferred Builders completed?

PanelCensus records 25 installations by California Preferred Builders, from Feb 4, 2011 to Sep 25, 2015, totalling 165 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does California Preferred Builders charge for solar?

The median installed price across 24 priced systems from all years is $7.37/W before incentives (median system 6 kW, about $36,800). 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 California Preferred Builders install solar?

All 25 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.

Is California Preferred Builders still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to California Preferred Builders in the public records is dated Sep 25, 2015; 2015 has 5 recorded installations. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.

Does California Preferred Builders install leased or PPA solar systems?

5 recorded installations by California Preferred Builders (20%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does California Preferred Builders install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by California Preferred Builders (0%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

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, “California Preferred Builders, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/california-preferred-builders-2289 (data as of September 21, 2026).