Innovative Solar
No recent recordsSolar installer based in California · installer record #79645 resolved from 12 public installation records.
Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data).
At a glance
Innovative Solar is a solar installer with 12 recorded installations totalling 88 kW, dated 2019 to 2021. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4086th of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 7,062nd of 10,840 nationally. The median installed price across 12 priced systems from all years is $3.40/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Recorded installs per year; prices by year are in the table below.
Pricing
Price by year (solar only)
| Year | Priced systems | Innovative Solar | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | $3.35/W | $3.97/W | −16% |
| 2019 | 6 | $3.40/W | $3.95/W | −14% |
Median installed price per DC watt before incentives, systems without a battery, by the year in the public record. Years with fewer than five priced systems are left out.
Why a company's own figure can differ from this one
- Timing. These prices come from state incentive filings, published about once a year, so the latest full year here is the last year of data. Prices moved down in many states after 2023; a company's current quotes can be lower (or higher) than its last full year on record.
- Dates. A filing is dated when the program processed it, not when the job was sold, so jobs can land in a different month or year than in the company's own books.
- What the price includes. The filed price is the whole project as reported to the program, which can include loan dealer fees, electrical panel upgrades or roof work. A company's internal figure often leaves those out.
- Batteries. Systems flagged with a battery are excluded here; a battery the filing didn't flag can still raise a year's median.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2021 | Lakeside, CA | 3.9 kW | $13,250 | Host-owned |
| Sep 10, 2020 | San Diego, CA | 4.7 kW | $24,624 | Host-owned |
| Apr 21, 2020 | Santee, CA | 4.3 kW | $28,280 | Host-owned |
| Mar 9, 2020 | San Diego, CA | 2.3 kW | $7,800 | Host-owned |
| Mar 4, 2020 | San Diego, CA | 4.3 kW | $14,400 | Host-owned |
| Jan 21, 2020 | El Cajon, CA | 4.7 kW | $14,338 | Host-owned |
| Nov 12, 2019 | San Diego, CA | 15.3 kW | $41,742 | Host-owned |
| Oct 31, 2019 | Lakeside, CA | 5.4 kW | $17,577 | Host-owned |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | 10.9 kW | $42,000 | Host-owned |
| Oct 4, 2019 | San Diego, CA | 23.7 kW | $95,000 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-79645
- First recorded install
- Aug 21, 2019
- Last recorded install
- Mar 8, 2021
- Priced records
- 12
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How does Innovative Solar compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Innovative Solar ranks 4086th among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.40/W is about 20% below the California median of $4.26/W. 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 Air Conditioning Systems (12), Smits Heating Air Turner Electric (12) and Advance Solar Construction (12).
How has Innovative Solar's installation volume changed?
Innovative Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2019. It has recorded installations in 3 calendar years. The busiest year was 2019, with 6 installations. 2021, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $3.40/W in 2019 to $3.39/W in 2021. The most recent recorded installation is dated Mar 8, 2021. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.
Where does Innovative Solar install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (7), Lakeside, CA (2), Rancho Santa Fe, CA (1), Santee, CA (1) and El Cajon, CA (1).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Innovative Solar completed?
PanelCensus records 12 installations by Innovative Solar, from Aug 21, 2019 to Mar 8, 2021, totalling 88 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Innovative Solar charge for solar?
The median installed price across 12 priced systems from all years is $3.40/W before incentives (median system 4.7 kW, about $16,949). 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 Innovative Solar install solar?
All 12 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.
Is Innovative Solar still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Innovative Solar in the public records is dated Mar 8, 2021; 2021 has 1 recorded installation. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.
Does Innovative Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Innovative Solar (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Innovative Solar install battery storage?
0 recorded installations by Innovative Solar (0%) include a battery.
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Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.
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 October 19, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Innovative Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/innovative-solar-79645 (data as of October 19, 2026).