Lotta Electric
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #7498 resolved from 20 public installation records.
At a glance
Lotta Electric is a solar installer with 20 recorded installations totalling 205 kW, dated 2022 to 2024. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3225th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 5,359th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 21 priced systems is $3.39/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2024 | San Diego, CA | 12 kW | $39,750 | Host-owned |
| Aug 28, 2024 | San Diego, CA | 4 kW | $14,000 | Host-owned |
| Jul 11, 2024 | La Mesa, CA | 9.2 kW | $39,250 | Host-owned |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Oceanside, CA | 26.3 kW | $93,600 | — |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Oceanside, CA | 28.8 kW | $93,600 | Host-owned |
| Dec 26, 2023 | San Diego, CA | 56.8 kW | $185,000 | Host-owned |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Santee, CA | 6.4 kW | $29,500 | Host-owned |
| Sep 11, 2023 | San Diego, CA | 4 kW | $14,000 | Host-owned |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Vista, CA | 6 kW | $20,000 | Host-owned |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Santee, CA | 4 kW | $14,000 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-7498
- First recorded install
- Jan 7, 2022
- Last recorded install
- Nov 27, 2024
- Priced records
- 21
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How does Lotta Electric compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Lotta Electric ranks 3225th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.39/W is about 20% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 5.6 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 Jd Solarelectric (20), Jh Simpson (20) and Kenard Construction Company (20).
How has Lotta Electric's installation volume changed?
Lotta Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2022. It has recorded installations in 3 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 10 installations. 2024, its latest year with records, has 5. Its median price per watt moved from $5.50/W in 2022 to $3.50/W in 2024. The most recent recorded installation is dated Nov 27, 2024.
Where does Lotta Electric install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (6), Santee, CA (5), Palm Springs, CA (3), Oceanside, CA (2) and Vista, CA (1).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Lotta Electric completed?
PanelCensus records 20 installations by Lotta Electric, from Jan 7, 2022 to Nov 27, 2024, totalling 205 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Lotta Electric charge for solar?
The median installed price across 21 priced systems is $3.39/W before incentives (median system 5.6 kW, about $20,000). The California median is $4.26/W.
Where does Lotta Electric install solar?
All 20 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.
Is Lotta Electric still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Lotta Electric in the public records is dated Nov 27, 2024; 2024 has 5 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Lotta Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Lotta Electric (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Lotta Electric install battery storage?
0 recorded installations by Lotta Electric (0%) include a battery.
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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, “Lotta Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/lotta-electric-7498 (data as of September 21, 2026).