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Dougals G Schmitz

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #71111 resolved from 6 public installation records.

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

At a glance

Dougals G Schmitz is a solar installer with 6 recorded installations totalling 31 kW, dated 2024 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 5600th of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 9,800th of 10,840 nationally.

Recorded installs
6
Total capacity
31 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
5 kW
≈ $34,838
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
67%
First recorded
2024
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2024
4
2025
2

Recorded installs per year.

Equipment

Module, inverter and battery brands

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Aug 7, 2025Long Beach, CA9 kW$54,000Host-owned · battery
Apr 3, 2025Costa Mesa, CA2.5 kW$12,500Host-owned
Aug 21, 2024Costa Mesa, CA2.1 kW$12,500Host-owned
Aug 2, 2024Inglewood, CA5.8 kW$31,500Host-owned · battery
Jul 29, 2024Los Alamitos, CA7.4 kW$38,175Host-owned · battery
Jun 21, 2024Inglewood, CA4.1 kW$39,000Host-owned · battery

Service geography

Busiest cities

Costa Mesa, CA 2Inglewood, CA 2Long Beach, CA 1Los Alamitos, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-71111
First recorded install
Jun 21, 2024
Last recorded install
Aug 7, 2025
Priced records
6

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How does Dougals G Schmitz compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Dougals G Schmitz ranks 5600th among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 5 kW, is about 16% below 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. 67% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include STARLIGHT ENERGY LLC (6), SOLARVIVA (6) and Cano Electric (6).

How has Dougals G Schmitz's installation volume changed?

Dougals G Schmitz's earliest dated installation on record is from 2024. It has recorded installations in 2 calendar years. The busiest year was 2024, with 4 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $5.76/W in 2024 to $5.54/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Aug 7, 2025.

Where does Dougals G Schmitz install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Costa Mesa, CA (2), Inglewood, CA (2), Long Beach, CA (1) and Los Alamitos, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Dougals G Schmitz completed?

PanelCensus records 6 installations by Dougals G Schmitz, from Jun 21, 2024 to Aug 7, 2025, totalling 31 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Dougals G Schmitz charge for solar?

The median installed price across 6 priced systems from all years is $5.71/W before incentives (median system 5 kW, about $34,838). 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 Dougals G Schmitz install solar?

All 6 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Costa Mesa.

Is Dougals G Schmitz still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Dougals G Schmitz in the public records is dated Aug 7, 2025; 2025 has 2 recorded installations. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.

Does Dougals G Schmitz install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Dougals G Schmitz install battery storage?

4 recorded installations by Dougals G Schmitz (67%) 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, “Dougals G Schmitz, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/dougals-g-schmitz-71111 (data as of September 21, 2026).