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Hot Watts Technology

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #6141 resolved from 74 public installation records.

At a glance

Hot Watts Technology is a solar installer with 74 recorded installations totalling 344 kW, dated 2014 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1702nd of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,781st of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 63 priced systems is $4.24/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
74
Total capacity
344 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
4.9 kW
≈ $20,000
Median price
$4.24/W
pre-incentive · 63 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
24%
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2014
2
2016
2$3.78/W
2017
4$4.12/W
2018
4$4.29/W
2019
9$4.68/W
2020
4$4.26/W
2021
7$3.42/W
2022
13$3.86/W
2023
16$4.09/W
2024
10$5.55/W
2025
5$7.25/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 22, 2025Richmond, CA3.5 kW$29,500Host-owned · battery
Dec 9, 2025El Cerrito, CA5.7 kW$35,000Host-owned · battery
Jul 8, 2025Tiburon, CA5.2 kW$22,000—
Jun 30, 2025El Cerrito, CA11.1 kW$57,274Host-owned · battery
Mar 12, 2025El Cerrito, CA0.9 kW$10,000Host-owned
Nov 19, 2024El Cerrito, CA5.5 kW$55,000Host-owned · battery
Nov 11, 2024El Cerrito, CA——Host-owned · battery
Aug 29, 2024El Cerrito, CA5.3 kW$29,200Host-owned · battery
Aug 12, 2024El Cerrito, CA4.9 kW$40,000Host-owned · battery
May 30, 2024Kensington, CA5.2 kW$27,000Host-owned

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Service geography

Busiest cities

El Cerrito, CA 28Richmond, CA 17Berkeley, CA 7Oakland, CA 5Kensington, CA 3Albany, CA 3Walnut Grove, CA 2

Record

Installer ID
PC-6141
First recorded install
Jan 28, 2014
Last recorded install
Dec 22, 2025
Priced records
63

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How does Hot Watts Technology compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Hot Watts Technology ranks 1702nd among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $4.24/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 4.9 kW, is about 17% 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. 24% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Solars Smart (75), Arnold Solar (74) and Current Construction (74).

How has Hot Watts Technology's installation volume changed?

Hot Watts Technology's earliest dated installation on record is from 2014. It has recorded installations in 11 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 16 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 5. Its median price per watt moved from $3.78/W in 2016 to $7.25/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 22, 2025.

Where does Hot Watts Technology install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are El Cerrito, CA (28), Richmond, CA (17), Berkeley, CA (7), Oakland, CA (5) and Kensington, CA (3).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Hot Watts Technology completed?

PanelCensus records 74 installations by Hot Watts Technology, from Jan 28, 2014 to Dec 22, 2025, totalling 344 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Hot Watts Technology charge for solar?

The median installed price across 63 priced systems is $4.24/W before incentives (median system 4.9 kW, about $20,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Hot Watts Technology install solar?

All 74 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in El Cerrito.

Is Hot Watts Technology still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Hot Watts Technology in the public records is dated Dec 22, 2025; 2025 has 5 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Hot Watts Technology install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Hot Watts Technology install battery storage?

18 recorded installations by Hot Watts Technology (24%) 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, “Hot Watts Technology, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/hot-watts-technology-6141 (data as of September 21, 2026).