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Kent Salveson

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #67999 resolved from 16 public installation records.

At a glance

Kent Salveson is a solar installer with 16 recorded installations totalling 141 kW, dated 2010 to 2012. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3451st of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 5,909th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 16 priced systems from all years is $10.39/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
16
Total capacity
141 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
9.7 kW
≈ $104,535
Median price
$10.39/W
all years · 16 priced
Third-party owned
31%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2012

Track record

Install volume by year

2010
7$10.43/W
2011
8$10.31/W
2012
1$10.52/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Feb 7, 2012Indio, CA11.1 kW$116,800—
Dec 20, 2011La Quinta, CA11.1 kW$111,000—
Nov 15, 2011Indio, CA5.1 kW$52,000—
Nov 15, 2011Palm Desert, CA12.8 kW$132,830—
Sep 16, 2011Rancho Mirage, CA11 kW$120,000Third-party
Sep 3, 2011Claremont, CA2.8 kW$34,400Third-party
Sep 1, 2011La Quinta, CA11 kW$145,000—
Jul 3, 2011Palm Desert, CA6.2 kW$49,500Third-party
Mar 16, 2011Palm Desert, CA6.9 kW$54,200Third-party
Dec 21, 2010Indio, CA12 kW$112,000—

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Service geography

Busiest cities

Indio, CA 6La Quinta, CA 4Palm Desert, CA 3San Juan Capistrano, CA 1Claremont, CA 1Rancho Mirage, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-67999
First recorded install
Jan 14, 2010
Last recorded install
Feb 7, 2012
Priced records
16

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How does Kent Salveson compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Kent Salveson ranks 3451st among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $10.39/W is about 2.4 times the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 9.7 kW, is about 63% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 31% 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 Mcpower (16), Giddens Electric (16) and Eric Farmer Construction (16).

How has Kent Salveson's installation volume changed?

Kent Salveson's earliest dated installation on record is from 2010. It has recorded installations in 3 calendar years. The busiest year was 2011, with 8 installations. 2012, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $10.43/W in 2010 to $10.52/W in 2012. The most recent recorded installation is dated Feb 7, 2012. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Kent Salveson install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Indio, CA (6), La Quinta, CA (4), Palm Desert, CA (3), San Juan Capistrano, CA (1) and Claremont, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Kent Salveson completed?

PanelCensus records 16 installations by Kent Salveson, from Jan 14, 2010 to Feb 7, 2012, totalling 141 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Kent Salveson charge for solar?

The median installed price across 16 priced systems from all years is $10.39/W before incentives (median system 9.7 kW, about $104,535). 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 Kent Salveson install solar?

All 16 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Indio.

Is Kent Salveson still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Kent Salveson in the public records is dated Feb 7, 2012; 2012 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Kent Salveson install leased or PPA solar systems?

5 recorded installations by Kent Salveson (31%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Kent Salveson install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Kent Salveson (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, “Kent Salveson, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/kent-salveson-67999 (data as of September 21, 2026).