Cm Solar Electric
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #2814 resolved from 528 public installation records.
Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data).
At a glance
Cm Solar Electric is a solar installer with 528 recorded installations totalling 3.4 MW, dated 2014 to 2026. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 449th of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 733rd of 10,840 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $4.29/W before incentives, across 61 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 | Cm Solar Electric | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | $3.73/W | $3.29/W | +13% |
| 2024 | 7 | $3.74/W | $3.80/W | −2% |
| 2023 | 49 | $4.36/W | $4.06/W | +7% |
| 2022 | 54 | $3.82/W | $4.11/W | −7% |
| 2021 | 29 | $3.28/W | $3.98/W | −18% |
| 2020 | 39 | $2.77/W | $3.97/W | −30% |
| 2019 | 43 | $3.15/W | $3.95/W | −20% |
| 2018 | 50 | $3.04/W | $4.01/W | −24% |
| 2017 | 58 | $3.10/W | $4.05/W | −23% |
| 2016 | 107 | $3.58/W | $4.37/W | −18% |
| 2015 | 37 | $4.00/W | $4.58/W | −13% |
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.
Equipment
Module, inverter and battery brands
| Equipment | Year | Main brands (share of systems that reported one) | Year before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modules | 20259 reported | Trina Solar 33% · Mission Solar 22% · Qcells 22% · Aptos Solar 11% | Waaree 31%2024, 13 reported |
| Inverters | 202510 reported | Enphase 70% · Tesla 20% · SolarEdge 10% | Enphase 92%2024, 13 reported |
Manufacturer on each recorded installation, as filed with the state program (Tracking the Sun for earlier years). Brand names are grouped by manufacturer family (e.g. Hanwha Q CELLS and Qcells North America count as Qcells). Not every state reports equipment, and battery brands come mainly from California and New Jersey.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2026 | Chula Vista, CA | 2.4 kW | — | Host-owned |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Escondido, CA | 5.6 kW | — | Host-owned |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Escondido, CA | — | $19,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | — | $122,833 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Encinitas, CA | 9.6 kW | $53,564 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 5, 2025 | San Diego, CA | 8.7 kW | $49,999 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Chula Vista, CA | — | — | Third-party · battery |
| Sep 13, 2025 | San Diego, CA | 3.7 kW | $17,829 | Host-owned · battery |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Oceanside, CA | 1.7 kW | — | — · battery |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Escondido, CA | — | $26,362 | Host-owned · battery |
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Service geography
- California
- 528
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-2814
- First recorded install
- Nov 12, 2014
- Last recorded install
- Jun 16, 2026
- Priced records
- 500
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How does Cm Solar Electric compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Cm Solar Electric ranks 449th among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $4.29/W is roughly in line with the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 5.8 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 6% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 7% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Bright Future Solar Energy (531), North State Energy Solar (530) and Mec Electric (529).
How has Cm Solar Electric's installation volume changed?
Cm Solar Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2014. It has recorded installations in 12 calendar years. The busiest year was 2016, with 107 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 16. Its median price per watt moved from $4.00/W in 2015 to $5.22/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jun 16, 2026.
Where does Cm Solar Electric install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (183), Chula Vista, CA (136), El Cajon, CA (26), Bonita, CA (21) and Escondido, CA (15).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Cm Solar Electric completed?
PanelCensus records 528 installations by Cm Solar Electric, from Nov 12, 2014 to Jun 16, 2026, totalling 3.4 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Cm Solar Electric charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $4.29/W before incentives, across 61 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 500 priced systems since 2014, including battery systems, the median is $3.47/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 Cm Solar Electric install solar?
All 528 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.
Is Cm Solar Electric still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Cm Solar Electric in the public records is dated Jun 16, 2026; 2025 has 16 recorded installations. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.
Does Cm Solar Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?
34 recorded installations by Cm Solar Electric (6%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Cm Solar Electric install battery storage?
38 recorded installations by Cm Solar Electric (7%) include a battery.
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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, “Cm Solar Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/cm-solar-electric-2814 (data as of September 21, 2026).