Foothill Electric
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #4793 resolved from 76 public installation records.
At a glance
Foothill Electric is a solar installer with 76 recorded installations totalling 1.1 MW, dated 2009 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1678th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,743rd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 71 priced systems is $3.62/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2025 | Sacramento, CA | 1 kW | $2,500 | — |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Auburn, CA | 8.8 kW | $18,000 | Host-owned |
| Mar 15, 2025 | Bldg# 23, CA | 10 kW | $20,000 | — |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Meadow Vista, CA | 5.6 kW | $29,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Auburn, CA | — | $30,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| May 20, 2023 | Colfax, CA | 12.4 kW | $60,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Mar 27, 2023 | West Sacramento, CA | 8.8 kW | $25,000 | Host-owned |
| Mar 23, 2023 | Newcastle, CA | 9.2 kW | $26,500 | Host-owned |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Colfax, CA | 7.4 kW | $35,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Auburn, CA | 9.2 kW | $27,890 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-4793
- First recorded install
- Mar 31, 2009
- Last recorded install
- Aug 8, 2025
- Priced records
- 71
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How does Foothill Electric compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Foothill Electric ranks 1678th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.62/W is about 15% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 7.8 kW, is about 32% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 3% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 7% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include True PWR LLC (77), Bds (76) and Black Moon Solar (76).
How has Foothill Electric's installation volume changed?
Foothill Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2009. It has recorded installations in 17 calendar years. The busiest year was 2019, with 14 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 3. Its median price per watt moved from $6.28/W in 2009 to $2.05/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Aug 8, 2025.
Where does Foothill Electric install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Auburn, CA (25), Grass Valley, CA (7), Colfax, CA (6), Foresthill, CA (4) and Lincoln, CA (3).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Foothill Electric completed?
PanelCensus records 76 installations by Foothill Electric, from Mar 31, 2009 to Aug 8, 2025, totalling 1.1 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Foothill Electric charge for solar?
The median installed price across 71 priced systems is $3.62/W before incentives (median system 7.8 kW, about $29,080). The California median is $4.26/W.
Where does Foothill Electric install solar?
All 76 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Auburn.
Is Foothill Electric still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Foothill Electric in the public records is dated Aug 8, 2025; 2025 has 3 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Foothill Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?
2 recorded installations by Foothill Electric (3%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Foothill Electric install battery storage?
5 recorded installations by Foothill Electric (7%) 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, “Foothill Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/foothill-electric-4793 (data as of September 21, 2026).