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Clayco Electric

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Solar installer based in California · active in 2 states · installer record #2729 resolved from 1,413 public installation records.

At a glance

Clayco Electric is a solar installer with 1,413 recorded installations totalling 11.0 MW, dated 2016 to 2026. Its records are concentrated in California (75%), where it ranks 190th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 312th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $3.01/W before incentives, across 356 priced systems.

Recorded installs
1,413
Total capacity
11.0 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
7.2 kW
≈ $21,096
Median price
$3.01/W
2023–2025 · solar only · 356 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
9%
First recorded
2016
Last recorded
2026

Track record

Install volume by year

2016
17$2.86/W
2017
30$3.00/W
2018
83$3.00/W
2019
159$2.02/W
2020
174$3.12/W
2021
176$3.54/W
2022
279$3.08/W
2023
276$3.04/W
2024
89$2.61/W
2025
129$2.61/W
2026
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Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Feb 13, 2026Phoenix, AZ3.2 kW——
Dec 30, 2025-5786, AZ11.5 kW$23,960— · battery
Dec 30, 2025-5781, AZ19.1 kW$47,800— · battery
Dec 29, 2025-7023, AZ4.9 kW$11,700— · battery
Dec 29, 2025-6602, AZ8 kW$18,900— · battery
Dec 26, 2025-6032, AZ11.4 kW$27,000— · battery
Dec 26, 2025San Diego, CA12.3 kW$10,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 23, 2025-5956, AZ17.5 kW$39,330— · battery
Dec 23, 2025-5952, AZ11 kW$28,058— · battery
Dec 23, 2025Alpine, CA9.7 kW$32,000Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

Busiest cities

San Diego, CA 341Oceanside, CA 59El Cajon, CA 57Alpine, CA 50Chula Vista, CA 49Encinitas, CA 46Escondido, CA 44Phoenix, AZ 38

Record

Installer ID
PC-2729
First recorded install
Jun 2, 2016
Last recorded install
Feb 13, 2026
Priced records
1,334

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How does Clayco Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Clayco Electric ranks 190th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $3.01/W is about 24% below the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 7.2 kW, is about 21% 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. 9% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Spg Solar (1,459), Kuykendall Solar (1,440) and Aikyum (1,415).

How has Clayco Electric's installation volume changed?

Clayco Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2016. It has recorded installations in 10 calendar years. The busiest year was 2022, with 279 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 129. Its median price per watt moved from $2.86/W in 2016 to $2.61/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Feb 13, 2026.

Where does Clayco Electric install solar?

Recorded installations span 2 states: California (1,055, 75%) and Arizona (358, 25%). The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (341), Oceanside, CA (59), El Cajon, CA (57), Alpine, CA (50) and Chula Vista, CA (49).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Clayco Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 1,413 installations by Clayco Electric, from Jun 2, 2016 to Feb 13, 2026, totalling 11.0 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Clayco Electric charge for solar?

For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $3.01/W before incentives, across 356 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 1,334 priced systems since 2016, including battery systems, the median is $3.00/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 Clayco Electric install solar?

Recorded installs span 2 states, led by California (1,055) and Arizona (358). Its busiest city is San Diego, CA.

Is Clayco Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Clayco Electric in the public records is dated Feb 13, 2026; 2025 has 129 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Clayco Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Clayco Electric install battery storage?

123 recorded installations by Clayco Electric (9%) 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, “Clayco Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/clayco-electric-2729 (data as of September 21, 2026).