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Helios Planning

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #5912 resolved from 38 public installation records.

At a glance

Helios Planning is a solar installer with 38 recorded installations totalling 255 kW, dated 2015 to 2017. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2386th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 3,953rd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 37 priced systems is $2.57/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
38
Total capacity
255 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.2 kW
≈ $16,000
Median price
$2.57/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2015
Last recorded
2017

Track record

Install volume by year

2015
22$3.50/W
2016
15$1.71/W
2017
1$2.27/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jan 17, 2017Encinitas, CA4.4 kW$10,000Host-owned
Dec 1, 2016Lakeside, CA7.7 kW$10,000Host-owned
May 26, 2016Alpine, CA8.2 kW$10,000Host-owned
May 16, 2016El Cajon, CA4.2 kW$10,000Host-owned
Mar 24, 2016Lakeside, CA9.4 kW$10,000Host-owned
Mar 18, 2016El Cajon, CA5.2 kW$10,000Host-owned
Mar 16, 2016Valley Center, CA6.3 kW$10,000Host-owned
Mar 10, 2016San Diego, CA3.8 kW$10,000Host-owned
Mar 10, 2016Valley Center, CA6.6 kW$21,450Host-owned
Mar 7, 2016Santee, CA7.4 kW$10,000Host-owned

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Service geography

California
38

Busiest cities

San Diego, CA 10Lakeside, CA 6El Cajon, CA 5Santee, CA 3Valley Center, CA 3Fallbrook, CA 2Poway, CA 2Vista, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-5912
First recorded install
Feb 4, 2015
Last recorded install
Jan 17, 2017
Priced records
37

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How does Helios Planning compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Helios Planning ranks 2386th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $2.57/W is about 40% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.2 kW, is roughly in line with 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 Discount Service Electric (38), General Electric (38) and Golden Gate Power (38).

How has Helios Planning's installation volume changed?

Helios Planning's earliest dated installation on record is from 2015. It has recorded installations in 3 calendar years. The busiest year was 2015, with 22 installations. 2017, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $3.50/W in 2015 to $2.27/W in 2017. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jan 17, 2017. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Helios Planning install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (10), Lakeside, CA (6), El Cajon, CA (5), Santee, CA (3) and Valley Center, CA (3).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Helios Planning completed?

PanelCensus records 38 installations by Helios Planning, from Feb 4, 2015 to Jan 17, 2017, totalling 255 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Helios Planning charge for solar?

The median installed price across 37 priced systems is $2.57/W before incentives (median system 6.2 kW, about $16,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Helios Planning install solar?

All 38 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.

Is Helios Planning still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Helios Planning in the public records is dated Jan 17, 2017; 2017 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Helios Planning install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Helios Planning install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Helios Planning (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, “Helios Planning, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/helios-planning-5912 (data as of September 21, 2026).