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Generic Installer

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #5090 resolved from 248 public installation records.

At a glance

Generic Installer is a solar installer with 248 recorded installations totalling 5.6 MW, dated 1999 to 2015. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 812th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 1,287th of 10,536 nationally.

Recorded installs
248
Total capacity
5.6 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
4.7 kW
≈ $467,000
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2015

Track record

Install volume by year

1999
1
2000
2
2001
12
2002
19$10.08/W
2003
70$4.48/W
2004
27$7.42/W
2005
7$3.61/W
2006
13
2007
2
2008
17
2009
21
2010
16
2011
14$5.50/W
2012
2
2013
4
2014
8
2015
23

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Nov 11, 2015Glendora, CA3.9 kW——
Aug 6, 2015La Habra, CA1.2 kW——
Aug 5, 2015Lake Forest, CA15.3 kW——
Aug 5, 2015Long Beach, CA1.7 kW——
Aug 5, 2015Yorba Linda, CA7.2 kW——
Aug 5, 2015Corona, CA52.4 kW—Host-owned
Aug 5, 2015Victorville, CA12.1 kW——
Aug 5, 2015Lake Elsinore, CA5.2 kW——
Jul 28, 2015Orange, CA5.5 kW——
Jul 16, 2015Ridgecrest, CA6.2 kW——

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Service geography

California
258

Busiest cities

Santa Barbara, CA 11Palm Springs, CA 9Santa Monica, CA 7Corona, CA 6Visalia, CA 6Ojai, CA 6Newbury Park, CA 6Manhattan Beach, CA 5

Record

Installer ID
PC-5090
First recorded install
Oct 7, 1999
Last recorded install
Nov 11, 2015
Priced records
9

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How does Generic Installer compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Generic Installer ranks 812th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 4.7 kW, is about 21% below 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 Century Roof And Solar (249), Green Power Installers (249) and Velascos Electrical (249).

How has Generic Installer's installation volume changed?

Generic Installer's earliest dated installation on record is from 1999. It has recorded installations in 17 calendar years. The busiest year was 2003, with 70 installations. 2015, its latest year with records, has 23. Its median price per watt moved from $10.08/W in 2002 to $5.50/W in 2011. The most recent recorded installation is dated Nov 11, 2015. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Generic Installer install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Santa Barbara, CA (11), Palm Springs, CA (9), Santa Monica, CA (7), Corona, CA (6) and Visalia, CA (6).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Generic Installer completed?

PanelCensus records 248 installations by Generic Installer, from Oct 7, 1999 to Nov 11, 2015, totalling 5.6 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Generic Installer charge for solar?

The median installed price across 9 priced systems is $6.47/W before incentives (median system 4.7 kW, about $467,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Generic Installer install solar?

All 248 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Santa Barbara.

Is Generic Installer still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Generic Installer in the public records is dated Nov 11, 2015; 2015 has 23 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Generic Installer install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Generic Installer install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Generic Installer (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, “Generic Installer, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/generic-installer-5090 (data as of September 21, 2026).