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First Response Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #4719 resolved from 389 public installation records.

At a glance

First Response Solar is a solar installer with 389 recorded installations totalling 2.8 MW, dated 2014 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 584th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 932nd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 323 priced systems is $3.70/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
389
Total capacity
2.8 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
7.7 kW
≈ $31,986
Median price
$3.70/W
pre-incentive · 323 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
36%
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2014
1
2020
27$6.14/W
2021
65$3.43/W
2022
69$3.53/W
2023
94$3.66/W
2024
67$4.31/W
2025
66$6.26/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 23, 2025Santa Rosa, CA7.4 kW$40,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 22, 2025Glen Ellen, CA—$68,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 16, 2025Santa Rosa, CA—$36,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 16, 2025Santa Rosa, CA2.8 kW$32,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 15, 2025Sebastopol, CA——Host-owned · battery
Dec 15, 2025Sebastopol, CA5.6 kW$36,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 11, 2025Santa Rosa, CA—$120,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 8, 2025Guerneville, CA—$50,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 5, 2025Graton, CA—$42,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 5, 2025Windsor, CA—$38,000Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

California
389

Busiest cities

Santa Rosa, CA 169Sebastopol, CA 84Sonoma, CA 29Petaluma, CA 19Cloverdale, CA 14Windsor, CA 14Forestville, CA 13Bodega Bay, CA 10

Record

Installer ID
PC-4719
First recorded install
Dec 12, 2014
Last recorded install
Dec 23, 2025
Priced records
323

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

By recorded installations First Response Solar ranks 584th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.70/W is about 13% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 7.7 kW, is about 30% 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. 36% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Progressive Power Group (392), Bratton Solar (389) and Day One Solar (389).

How has First Response Solar's installation volume changed?

First Response Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2014. It has recorded installations in 7 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 94 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 66. Its median price per watt moved from $6.14/W in 2020 to $6.26/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 23, 2025.

Where does First Response Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Santa Rosa, CA (169), Sebastopol, CA (84), Sonoma, CA (29), Petaluma, CA (19) and Cloverdale, CA (14).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has First Response Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 389 installations by First Response Solar, from Dec 12, 2014 to Dec 23, 2025, totalling 2.8 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does First Response Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 323 priced systems is $3.70/W before incentives (median system 7.7 kW, about $31,986). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does First Response Solar install solar?

All 389 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Santa Rosa.

Is First Response Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to First Response Solar in the public records is dated Dec 23, 2025; 2025 has 66 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does First Response Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does First Response Solar install battery storage?

141 recorded installations by First Response Solar (36%) 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 Response Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/first-response-solar-4719 (data as of September 21, 2026).