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Homestar Builders

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #6110 resolved from 11 public installation records.

At a glance

Homestar Builders is a solar installer with 11 recorded installations totalling 40 kW, dated 2011 to 2019. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4019th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 6,954th of 10,537 nationally.

Recorded installs
11
Total capacity
40 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
3.5 kW
≈ $18,700
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2019

Track record

Install volume by year

2011
2
2012
3
2013
1
2014
4
2019
1

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 9, 2019San Jose, CA2.5 kW$11,920Host-owned
May 15, 2014Highland, CA3.6 kW$17,704Host-owned
Apr 9, 2014Lake Elsinore, CA3.5 kW$10,649Host-owned
Jan 30, 2014Temple City, CA4 kW$18,700Host-owned
Jan 28, 2014Riverside, CA6 kW$31,850Host-owned
Nov 27, 2013Perris, CA3.5 kW—Host-owned
Jun 21, 2012Rialto, CA2.4 kW$16,910Host-owned
Jun 7, 2012Alhambra, CA2.9 kW$22,240Host-owned
Apr 10, 2012San Diego, CA2.4 kW——
Nov 29, 2011El Monte, CA3.4 kW$34,798Host-owned

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Service geography

California
11

Busiest cities

Rialto, CA 1San Diego, CA 1Riverside, CA 1Alhambra, CA 1San Jose, CA 1Camarillo, CA 1Temple City, CA 1Highland, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-6110
First recorded install
Oct 27, 2011
Last recorded install
Dec 9, 2019
Priced records
9

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How does Homestar Builders compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Homestar Builders ranks 4019th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 3.5 kW, is about 41% 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 Green Spark Electric (11), Guaranty Solar (11) and Hal Slater Solar (11).

How has Homestar Builders's installation volume changed?

Homestar Builders's earliest dated installation on record is from 2011. It has recorded installations in 5 calendar years. The busiest year was 2014, with 4 installations. 2019, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $9.22/W in 2011 to $4.73/W in 2019. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 9, 2019. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Homestar Builders install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Rialto, CA (1), San Diego, CA (1), Riverside, CA (1), Alhambra, CA (1) and San Jose, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Homestar Builders completed?

PanelCensus records 11 installations by Homestar Builders, from Oct 27, 2011 to Dec 9, 2019, totalling 40 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Homestar Builders charge for solar?

The median installed price across 9 priced systems from all years is $5.31/W before incentives (median system 3.5 kW, about $18,700). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.

Where does Homestar Builders install solar?

All 11 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Rialto.

Is Homestar Builders still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Homestar Builders in the public records is dated Dec 9, 2019; 2019 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Homestar Builders install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Homestar Builders install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Homestar Builders (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, “Homestar Builders, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/homestar-builders-6110 (data as of September 21, 2026).