Homestead

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #6112 resolved from 22 public installation records.

At a glance

Homestead is a solar installer with 22 recorded installations totalling 184 kW, dated 2000 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3089th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 5,119th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 16 priced systems is $3.07/W before incentives.

Recorded installs

Total capacity

184 kW

DC nameplate

Median system

7.9 kW

≈ $21,038

Median price

$3.07/W

pre-incentive · 16 priced

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2000

Last recorded

2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2000

1$6.30/W

2012

2014

2015

4$3.59/W

2016

2$3.51/W

2017

5$2.74/W

2019

2$3.47/W

2020

2$2.57/W

2021

1$2.29/W

2024

1$3.30/W

2025

1$3.44/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Oct 21, 2025	Paradise, CA	4 kW	$13,780	Host-owned
May 8, 2024	Chico, CA	5.6 kW	$18,500	Host-owned
Jan 6, 2021	Durham, CA	8.2 kW	$18,700	Host-owned
Oct 1, 2020	Paradise, CA	8 kW	$20,165	Host-owned
Apr 24, 2020	Chico, CA	6.8 kW	$17,945	Host-owned
Aug 27, 2019	Hamilton City, CA	2.7 kW	$11,850	Host-owned
Apr 18, 2019	Forest Ranch, CA	7.3 kW	$18,960	Host-owned
Dec 27, 2017	Chico, CA	8.1 kW	$24,000	Host-owned
Nov 30, 2017	Orland, CA	10.9 kW	$29,615	Host-owned
May 31, 2017	Chico, CA	7.1 kW	$19,415	Host-owned

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Service geography

California: 22

Busiest cities

Chico, CA 7Durham, CA 4Orland, CA 3Forest Ranch, CA 2Paradise, CA 2Oakland, CA 1Bangor, CA 1

Record

Installer ID: PC-6112
First recorded install: Jan 20, 2000
Last recorded install: Oct 21, 2025
Priced records: 16
Also appears as: Homestead Enterprises

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How does Homestead compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Homestead ranks 3089th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.07/W is about 28% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 7.9 kW, is about 33% above 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 Hardy Diesels Equipment (22), Highlinebuilders (22) and Home Pro Direct (22).

How has Homestead's installation volume changed?

Homestead's earliest dated installation on record is from 2000. It has recorded installations in 11 calendar years. The busiest year was 2017, with 5 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $6.30/W in 2000 to $3.44/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Oct 21, 2025.

Where does Homestead install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Chico, CA (7), Durham, CA (4), Orland, CA (3), Forest Ranch, CA (2) and Paradise, CA (2).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Homestead completed?

PanelCensus records 22 installations by Homestead, from Jan 20, 2000 to Oct 21, 2025, totalling 184 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Homestead charge for solar?

The median installed price across 16 priced systems is $3.07/W before incentives (median system 7.9 kW, about $21,038). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Homestead install solar?

All 22 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Chico.

Is Homestead still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Homestead in the public records is dated Oct 21, 2025; 2025 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Homestead install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Homestead install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Homestead (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, “Homestead, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/homestead-6112 (data as of September 21, 2026).