Lightning Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #7412 resolved from 15 public installation records.

At a glance

Lightning Solar is a solar installer with 15 recorded installations totalling 96 kW, dated 2011 to 2022. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3667th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 6,140th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 11 priced systems is $3.89/W before incentives.

Recorded installs

Total capacity

96 kW

DC nameplate

Median system

6 kW

≈ $20,500

Median price

$3.89/W

pre-incentive · 11 priced

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2011

Last recorded

2022

Track record

Install volume by year

2011

2014

2015

2$3.85/W

2016

3$3.95/W

2017

1$3.30/W

2019

2$4.33/W

2020

1$3.42/W

2021

1$3.21/W

2022

1$3.17/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Mar 17, 2022	San Diego, CA	6.3 kW	$19,889	Host-owned
Oct 26, 2021	San Diego, CA	5.3 kW	$16,984	Host-owned
Dec 23, 2020	El Cajon, CA	5 kW	$17,213	Host-owned
Dec 12, 2019	El Cajon, CA	6.3 kW	$24,800	Host-owned
Sep 23, 2019	Chula Vista, CA	8.4 kW	$39,579	Host-owned
Nov 20, 2017	San Diego, CA	5.1 kW	$16,904	Host-owned
Jul 25, 2016	La Jolla, CA	4.5 kW	$17,420	Host-owned
May 16, 2016	Poway, CA	10.2 kW	$52,131	Host-owned
Jan 11, 2016	San Diego, CA	9.2 kW	$36,143	Host-owned
Nov 5, 2015	San Diego, CA	7.2 kW	$26,980	Host-owned

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Service geography

California: 15

Busiest cities

San Diego, CA 7El Cajon, CA 2Chula Vista, CA 2La Mesa, CA 1La Jolla, CA 1Poway, CA 1Imperial Beach, CA 1

Record

Installer ID: PC-7412
First recorded install: Feb 3, 2011
Last recorded install: Mar 17, 2022
Priced records: 11

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How does Lightning Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Lightning Solar ranks 3667th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.89/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6 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 Labelle Electric (15), Lcs Construction (15) and Lightning Electric (15).

How has Lightning Solar's installation volume changed?

Lightning Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2011. It has recorded installations in 9 calendar years. The busiest year was 2016, with 3 installations. 2022, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $3.85/W in 2015 to $3.17/W in 2022. The most recent recorded installation is dated Mar 17, 2022. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Lightning Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (7), El Cajon, CA (2), Chula Vista, CA (2), La Mesa, CA (1) and La Jolla, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Lightning Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 15 installations by Lightning Solar, from Feb 3, 2011 to Mar 17, 2022, totalling 96 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Lightning Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 11 priced systems is $3.89/W before incentives (median system 6 kW, about $20,500). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Lightning Solar install solar?

All 15 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.

Is Lightning Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Lightning Solar in the public records is dated Mar 17, 2022; 2022 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Lightning Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Lightning Solar install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Lightning Solar (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, “Lightning Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/lightning-solar-7412 (data as of September 21, 2026).