Frontier Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #4901 resolved from 79 public installation records.

At a glance

Frontier Solar is a solar installer with 79 recorded installations totalling 435 kW, dated 2009 to 2016. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1649th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,693rd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 68 priced systems is $4.88/W before incentives.

Recorded installs

Total capacity

435 kW

DC nameplate

Median system

4.9 kW

≈ $22,350

Median price

$4.88/W

pre-incentive · 68 priced

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2009

Last recorded

2016

Track record

Install volume by year

2009

3$7.12/W

2010

4$6.65/W

2011

1$4.69/W

2012

1$7.33/W

2013

8$3.57/W

2014

3$2.81/W

2015

32$4.89/W

2016

27$4.79/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Jul 20, 2016	San Jose, CA	3.2 kW	$7,500	Host-owned
Mar 16, 2016	San Jose, CA	6.5 kW	$30,098	Host-owned
Mar 16, 2016	Fremont, CA	5.8 kW	$27,167	Host-owned
Mar 8, 2016	Sunnyvale, CA	6.5 kW	$31,800	Host-owned
Mar 4, 2016	Los Altos, CA	7.2 kW	$34,638	Host-owned
Mar 1, 2016	San Jose, CA	3.9 kW	$19,606	Host-owned
Feb 25, 2016	Menlo Park, CA	5.2 kW	$22,500	Host-owned
Feb 25, 2016	San Jose, CA	3.9 kW	$18,771	Host-owned
Feb 24, 2016	Milpitas, CA	3.9 kW	$19,070	Host-owned
Feb 10, 2016	San Jose, CA	4.5 kW	$22,200	Host-owned

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Service geography

California: 79

Busiest cities

San Jose, CA 34Sunnyvale, CA 7Los Altos, CA 7Fremont, CA 5Mountain View, CA 4Saratoga, CA 3

Record

Installer ID: PC-4901
First recorded install: Jun 24, 2009
Last recorded install: Jul 20, 2016
Priced records: 68

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How does Frontier Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Frontier Solar ranks 1649th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $4.88/W is about 15% above the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 4.9 kW, is about 18% below 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. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include A 1 Contractors (79), Best Value Solar (79) and Freedom Energy (79).

How has Frontier Solar's installation volume changed?

Frontier Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2009. It has recorded installations in 8 calendar years. The busiest year was 2015, with 32 installations. 2016, its latest year with records, has 27. Its median price per watt moved from $7.12/W in 2009 to $4.79/W in 2016. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jul 20, 2016. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Frontier Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Jose, CA (34), Sunnyvale, CA (7), Los Altos, CA (7), Fremont, CA (5) and Mountain View, CA (4).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Frontier Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 79 installations by Frontier Solar, from Jun 24, 2009 to Jul 20, 2016, totalling 435 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Frontier Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 68 priced systems is $4.88/W before incentives (median system 4.9 kW, about $22,350). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Frontier Solar install solar?

All 79 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Jose.

Is Frontier Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Frontier Solar in the public records is dated Jul 20, 2016; 2016 has 27 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Frontier Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Frontier Solar install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Frontier Solar (0%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated September 2026 . 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, “Frontier Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/frontier-solar-4901 (data as of September 21, 2026).