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First Choice Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #4711 resolved from 17 public installation records.

At a glance

First Choice Solar is a solar installer with 17 recorded installations totalling 157 kW, dated 2018 to 2021. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3475th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 5,799th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 17 priced systems is $3.39/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
17
Total capacity
157 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
8.8 kW
≈ $36,482
Median price
$3.39/W
pre-incentive · 17 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2018
Last recorded
2021

Track record

Install volume by year

2018
6$2.96/W
2019
2$3.83/W
2020
7$4.60/W
2021
2$5.79/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jun 28, 2021Chino, CA10.8 kW$64,176Host-owned
Jan 4, 2021Whittier, CA8.8 kW$49,543Host-owned
Dec 29, 2020Duarte, CA8.4 kW$49,985Host-owned
Dec 28, 2020Rialto, CA6.4 kW$32,860Host-owned
Nov 18, 2020Walnut, CA14 kW$50,000Host-owned
Jul 7, 2020Walnut, CA8.8 kW$40,485Host-owned
Mar 9, 2020Tustin, CA12 kW$71,789Host-owned
Mar 6, 2020West Covina, CA13.4 kW$39,000Host-owned
Feb 10, 2020Diamond Bar, CA6 kW$20,363Host-owned
Aug 15, 2019Orange, CA8.1 kW$21,571Host-owned

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Service geography

California
17

Busiest cities

Simi Valley, CA 3Walnut, CA 3Glendora, CA 1Chino, CA 1Orange, CA 1Whittier, CA 1Rowland Heights, CA 1Diamond Bar, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-4711
First recorded install
Jan 17, 2018
Last recorded install
Jun 28, 2021
Priced records
17

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How does First Choice Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations First Choice Solar ranks 3475th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.39/W is about 20% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 8.8 kW, is about 49% 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. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Empire Electric (17), Engineering Partners (17) and Ev Solar Builders (17).

How has First Choice Solar's installation volume changed?

First Choice Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2018. It has recorded installations in 4 calendar years. The busiest year was 2020, with 7 installations. 2021, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $2.96/W in 2018 to $5.79/W in 2021. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jun 28, 2021. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does First Choice Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Simi Valley, CA (3), Walnut, CA (3), Glendora, CA (1), Chino, CA (1) and Orange, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has First Choice Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 17 installations by First Choice Solar, from Jan 17, 2018 to Jun 28, 2021, totalling 157 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does First Choice Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 17 priced systems is $3.39/W before incentives (median system 8.8 kW, about $36,482). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does First Choice Solar install solar?

All 17 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Simi Valley.

Is First Choice Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to First Choice Solar in the public records is dated Jun 28, 2021; 2021 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does First Choice Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does First Choice Solar install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by First Choice Solar (0%) 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, “First Choice Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/first-choice-solar-4711 (data as of September 21, 2026).