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First Edison

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #4712 resolved from 69 public installation records.

At a glance

First Edison is a solar installer with 69 recorded installations totalling 3.7 MW, dated 2016 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1769th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,899th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 76 priced systems is $3.05/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
69
Total capacity
3.7 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
25.6 kW
≈ $40,910
Median price
$3.05/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
14%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
4%
First recorded
2016
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2016
2$3.38/W
2017
10$2.69/W
2018
10$3.00/W
2019
12$3.39/W
2020
7$3.11/W
2021
7$3.11/W
2022
16$2.84/W
2023
2$3.22/W
2024
11$2.50/W
2025
7$4.97/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Oct 30, 2025Dublin, CA518.9 kW$3,000,000Host-owned · battery
Sep 25, 2025Hayward, CA343.3 kW$1,350,000—
Sep 25, 2025Hayward, CA370.2 kW$1,350,000Host-owned
Sep 17, 2025Dublin, CA110.3 kW$800,000—
Sep 17, 2025Dublin, CA117.7 kW$800,000Host-owned
Feb 21, 2025Goleta, CA131.1 kW$651,840—
Feb 21, 2025Goleta, CA131.1 kW$651,840Host-owned
Nov 20, 2024Dublin, CA91.2 kW$450,000Host-owned
Jul 25, 2024Concord, CA35.5 kW$0—
Jul 25, 2024Concord, CA38.3 kW$95,625Third-party

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Service geography

Busiest cities

Dublin, CA 15Pleasanton, CA 9Concord, CA 5Napa, CA 5Fremont, CA 5Hayward, CA 5Milpitas, CA 4San Leandro, CA 3

Record

Installer ID
PC-4712
First recorded install
Aug 24, 2016
Last recorded install
Oct 30, 2025
Priced records
76

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How does First Edison compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations First Edison ranks 1769th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.05/W is about 28% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 25.6 kW, is about 4.3 times the state median of 5.9 kW. 14% 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 D C Power Systems (69), Energy Solar (69) and Ets Buildersdba Geckologic Construction (69).

How has First Edison's installation volume changed?

First Edison's earliest dated installation on record is from 2016. It has recorded installations in 10 calendar years. The busiest year was 2022, with 16 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 7. Its median price per watt moved from $3.38/W in 2016 to $4.97/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Oct 30, 2025.

Where does First Edison install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Dublin, CA (15), Pleasanton, CA (9), Concord, CA (5), Napa, CA (5) and Fremont, CA (5).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has First Edison completed?

PanelCensus records 69 installations by First Edison, from Aug 24, 2016 to Oct 30, 2025, totalling 3.7 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does First Edison charge for solar?

The median installed price across 76 priced systems is $3.05/W before incentives (median system 25.6 kW, about $40,910). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does First Edison install solar?

All 69 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Dublin.

Is First Edison still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to First Edison in the public records is dated Oct 30, 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 First Edison install leased or PPA solar systems?

10 recorded installations by First Edison (14%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does First Edison install battery storage?

3 recorded installations by First Edison (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, “First Edison, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/first-edison-4712 (data as of September 21, 2026).