Ira Smith Construction

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #6472 resolved from 32 public installation records.

At a glance

Ira Smith Construction is a solar installer with 32 recorded installations totalling 223 kW, dated 2015 to 2020. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2611th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 4,317th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 31 priced systems is $3.06/W before incentives.

Recorded installs

Total capacity

223 kW

DC nameplate

Median system

6.3 kW

≈ $18,500

Median price

$3.06/W

pre-incentive · 31 priced

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2015

Last recorded

2020

Track record

Install volume by year

2015

3$2.74/W

2016

6$3.32/W

2017

5$3.78/W

2018

4$2.31/W

2019

12$3.02/W

2020

2$2.67/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Jul 10, 2020	Oroville, CA	10.9 kW	$29,000	Host-owned
Jan 21, 2020	Chico, CA	14.8 kW	$380,000	Host-owned
Dec 18, 2019	Oroville, CA	8.7 kW	$15,600	Host-owned
Dec 17, 2019	Chico, CA	17 kW	$42,700	Host-owned
Nov 13, 2019	Oroville, CA	6.4 kW	$20,000	Host-owned
Oct 10, 2019	Oroville, CA	5 kW	$15,000	Host-owned
Sep 6, 2019	Oroville, CA	5.8 kW	$24,000	Host-owned
Aug 22, 2019	Oroville, CA	9.9 kW	$23,000	Host-owned
Aug 1, 2019	Oroville, CA	2.2 kW	$15,000	Host-owned
Jul 29, 2019	Yuba City, CA	3.4 kW	$21,000	Host-owned

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Service geography

California: 32

Busiest cities

Oroville, CA 26Chico, CA 4Yuba City, CA 1Gridley, CA 1

Record

Installer ID: PC-6472
First recorded install: Aug 27, 2015
Last recorded install: Jul 10, 2020
Priced records: 31

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How does Ira Smith Construction compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Ira Smith Construction ranks 2611th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.06/W is about 28% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.3 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 Future Vision (32), Gault Electric (32) and Integrity General Services (32).

How has Ira Smith Construction's installation volume changed?

Ira Smith Construction's earliest dated installation on record is from 2015. It has recorded installations in 6 calendar years. The busiest year was 2019, with 12 installations. 2020, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $2.74/W in 2015 to $2.67/W in 2020. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jul 10, 2020. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Ira Smith Construction install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Oroville, CA (26), Chico, CA (4), Yuba City, CA (1) and Gridley, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Ira Smith Construction completed?

PanelCensus records 32 installations by Ira Smith Construction, from Aug 27, 2015 to Jul 10, 2020, totalling 223 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Ira Smith Construction charge for solar?

The median installed price across 31 priced systems is $3.06/W before incentives (median system 6.3 kW, about $18,500). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Ira Smith Construction install solar?

All 32 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Oroville.

Is Ira Smith Construction still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Ira Smith Construction in the public records is dated Jul 10, 2020; 2020 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Ira Smith Construction install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Ira Smith Construction install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Ira Smith Construction (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, “Ira Smith Construction, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/ira-smith-construction-6472 (data as of September 21, 2026).