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Light Energy Systems

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #7396 resolved from 176 public installation records.

At a glance

Light Energy Systems is a solar installer with 176 recorded installations totalling 857 kW, dated 1998 to 2024. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1006th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 1,602nd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 161 priced systems is $9.61/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
176
Total capacity
857 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
3.6 kW
≈ $35,015
Median price
$9.61/W
pre-incentive · 161 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2024

Track record

Install volume by year

1998
4$12.00/W
1999
7$9.91/W
2000
10$9.08/W
2001
21$11.75/W
2002
33$10.42/W
2003
28$10.35/W
2004
11$9.23/W
2005
13$8.61/W
2006
11$8.08/W
2007
15$8.81/W
2008
16$7.63/W
2009
5$7.89/W
2010
1
2012
1
2024
1$4.21/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Apr 15, 2024Redwood City, CA6.2 kW$25,978Host-owned
Oct 4, 2012San Francisco, CA1.9 kW—Host-owned
Jan 15, 2010Martinez, CA1 kW—Host-owned
May 5, 2009Brentwood, CA1.5 kW$9,510Host-owned
Apr 15, 2009Antioch, CA4.6 kW$36,000Host-owned
Feb 27, 2009Alamo, CA4.5 kW—Host-owned
Jan 13, 2009San Francisco, CA3.6 kW—Host-owned
Jan 8, 2009Benicia, CA3.9 kW$34,413Host-owned
Dec 30, 2008Lafayette, CA4.6 kW$46,447Host-owned
Dec 30, 2008Danville, CA13.7 kW$105,375Host-owned

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Service geography

California
177

Busiest cities

Oakland, CA 18Walnut Creek, CA 13Martinez, CA 9Pleasant Hill, CA 8Lafayette, CA 8Concord, CA 8Antioch, CA 7San Francisco, CA 7

Record

Installer ID
PC-7396
First recorded install
Apr 8, 1998
Last recorded install
Apr 15, 2024
Priced records
161

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How does Light Energy Systems compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Light Energy Systems ranks 1006th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $9.61/W is about 2.3 times the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 3.6 kW, is about 39% 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 Solahart All Valley (177), Uptown Solar (177) and Curtiss Energy Group (176).

How has Light Energy Systems's installation volume changed?

Light Energy Systems's earliest dated installation on record is from 1998. It has recorded installations in 15 calendar years. The busiest year was 2002, with 33 installations. 2024, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $12.00/W in 1998 to $4.21/W in 2024. The most recent recorded installation is dated Apr 15, 2024.

Where does Light Energy Systems install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Oakland, CA (18), Walnut Creek, CA (13), Martinez, CA (9), Pleasant Hill, CA (8) and Lafayette, CA (8).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Light Energy Systems completed?

PanelCensus records 176 installations by Light Energy Systems, from Apr 8, 1998 to Apr 15, 2024, totalling 857 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Light Energy Systems charge for solar?

The median installed price across 161 priced systems is $9.61/W before incentives (median system 3.6 kW, about $35,015). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Light Energy Systems install solar?

All 176 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Oakland.

Is Light Energy Systems still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Light Energy Systems in the public records is dated Apr 15, 2024; 2024 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Light Energy Systems install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Light Energy Systems install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Light Energy Systems (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, “Light Energy Systems, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/light-energy-systems-7396 (data as of September 21, 2026).