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Elite Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #4181 resolved from 491 public installation records.

At a glance

Elite Solar is a solar installer with 491 recorded installations totalling 17.9 MW, dated 2009 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 466th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 760th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 304 priced systems is $3.18/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
491
Total capacity
17.9 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
9.6 kW
≈ $30,000
Median price
$3.18/W
pre-incentive · 304 priced
Third-party owned
1%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
4%
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2009
2$6.26/W
2010
8$4.23/W
2011
25$4.50/W
2012
33$3.92/W
2013
61$3.07/W
2014
85$2.08/W
2015
85$2.94/W
2016
72$2.94/W
2017
15$1.96/W
2018
9$3.42/W
2019
10$3.27/W
2020
8$3.20/W
2021
20$2.86/W
2022
26$3.05/W
2023
41$3.20/W
2024
15$3.00/W
2025
7$2.99/W

Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 31, 2025Ramona, CA—$71,700Host-owned · battery
Dec 26, 2025Escondido, CA3.5 kW$11,880Host-owned
Dec 22, 2025Descanso, CA—$61,600Host-owned · battery
Oct 13, 2025Escondido, CA11.3 kW$22,000Host-owned
Sep 10, 2025Ramona, CA2.4 kW$7,000Host-owned
Feb 21, 2025Ramona, CA—$40,000Host-owned · battery
Feb 20, 2025Ramona, CA5.5 kW$16,800Host-owned
Dec 26, 2024Ramona, CA9.6 kW$25,920Host-owned
Dec 26, 2024San Diego, CA8.8 kW$26,840Host-owned
Sep 30, 2024Ramona, CA15.4 kW$36,000Host-owned

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Service geography

California
522

Busiest cities

Ramona, CA 85Chico, CA 80Oroville, CA 63San Diego, CA 17Colusa, CA 13El Cajon, CA 13

Record

Installer ID
PC-4181
First recorded install
Oct 19, 2009
Last recorded install
Dec 31, 2025
Priced records
304

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How does Elite Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Elite Solar ranks 466th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.18/W is about 25% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 9.6 kW, is about 63% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 1% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 4% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Elione Energy (495), Enlightened Energy (495) and Bright Future Solar Energy (491).

How has Elite Solar's installation volume changed?

Elite Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2009. It has recorded installations in 17 calendar years. The busiest year was 2014, with 85 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 7. Its median price per watt moved from $6.26/W in 2009 to $2.99/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 31, 2025.

Where does Elite Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Ramona, CA (85), Chico, CA (80), Oroville, CA (63), San Diego, CA (17) and Colusa, CA (13).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Elite Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 491 installations by Elite Solar, from Oct 19, 2009 to Dec 31, 2025, totalling 17.9 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Elite Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 304 priced systems is $3.18/W before incentives (median system 9.6 kW, about $30,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Elite Solar install solar?

All 491 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Ramona.

Is Elite Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Elite Solar in the public records is dated Dec 31, 2025; 2025 has 7 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Elite Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

7 recorded installations by Elite Solar (1%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Elite Solar install battery storage?

21 recorded installations by Elite Solar (4%) 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, “Elite Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/elite-solar-4181 (data as of September 21, 2026).