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J A M Builders

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #73365 resolved from 13 public installation records.

At a glance

J A M Builders is a solar installer with 13 recorded installations totalling 66 kW, dated 2018 to 2020. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3815th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 6,594th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 13 priced systems from all years is $4.87/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
13
Total capacity
66 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
4.3 kW
≈ $22,500
Median price
$4.87/W
all years · 13 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2018
Last recorded
2020

Track record

Install volume by year

2018
7$4.83/W
2019
4$5.58/W
2020
2$4.60/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jun 16, 2020La Mesa, CA4.2 kW$30,000Host-owned
Jun 16, 2020Solana Beach, CA4.8 kW$10,000Host-owned
Sep 25, 2019San Diego, CA4.3 kW$22,500Host-owned
Apr 17, 2019San Diego, CA4.2 kW$25,000Host-owned
Mar 7, 2019La Mesa, CA3.6 kW$15,400Host-owned
Mar 6, 2019Santee, CA5.8 kW$35,000Host-owned
Dec 18, 2018San Diego, CA5.4 kW$26,100Host-owned
Sep 7, 2018San Marcos, CA5.7 kW$21,375Host-owned
Sep 6, 2018El Cajon, CA3 kW$14,621Host-owned
Jul 25, 2018San Diego, CA4.2 kW$21,960Host-owned

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Service geography

California
13

Busiest cities

San Diego, CA 5La Mesa, CA 2El Cajon, CA 2Santee, CA 1Escondido, CA 1San Marcos, CA 1Solana Beach, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-73365
First recorded install
Apr 27, 2018
Last recorded install
Jun 16, 2020
Priced records
13

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How does J A M Builders compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations J A M Builders ranks 3815th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $4.87/W is about 14% above the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 4.3 kW, is about 28% 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 Axia By Qcells (13), Smart Home Improvements (13) and Michael Electric (13).

How has J A M Builders's installation volume changed?

J A M Builders's earliest dated installation on record is from 2018. It has recorded installations in 3 calendar years. The busiest year was 2018, with 7 installations. 2020, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $4.83/W in 2018 to $4.60/W in 2020. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jun 16, 2020. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does J A M Builders install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (5), La Mesa, CA (2), El Cajon, CA (2), Santee, CA (1) and Escondido, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has J A M Builders completed?

PanelCensus records 13 installations by J A M Builders, from Apr 27, 2018 to Jun 16, 2020, totalling 66 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does J A M Builders charge for solar?

The median installed price across 13 priced systems from all years is $4.87/W before incentives (median system 4.3 kW, about $22,500). 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 J A M Builders install solar?

All 13 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.

Is J A M Builders still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to J A M Builders in the public records is dated Jun 16, 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 J A M Builders install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does J A M Builders install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by J A M 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, “J A M Builders, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/j-a-m-builders-73365 (data as of September 21, 2026).