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Mike Brown

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #73695 resolved from 7 public installation records.

At a glance

Mike Brown is a solar installer with 7 recorded installations totalling 40 kW, dated 2017 to 2019. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 5253rd of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 8,912th of 10,536 nationally.

Recorded installs
7
Total capacity
40 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
5.2 kW
≈ $15,500
Median price
$2.99/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2017
Last recorded
2019

Track record

Install volume by year

2017
5$2.99/W
2018
1$3.10/W
2019
1$2.95/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Aug 12, 2019Eureka, CA3.4 kW$9,900Host-owned
May 24, 2018Hydesville, CA5.2 kW$16,045Host-owned
Jul 24, 2017McKinleyville, CA3.9 kW$13,750Host-owned
Jul 24, 2017Eureka, CA5.2 kW$15,500Host-owned
May 18, 2017Fortuna, CA10.4 kW$25,000Host-owned
Apr 24, 2017Eureka, CA3.9 kW$13,750Host-owned
Apr 11, 2017Loleta, CA7.7 kW$22,134Host-owned

Service geography

Busiest cities

Eureka, CA 3McKinleyville, CA 1Hydesville, CA 1Loleta, CA 1Fortuna, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-73695
First recorded install
Apr 11, 2017
Last recorded install
Aug 12, 2019
Priced records
7

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How does Mike Brown compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Mike Brown ranks 5253rd among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 5.2 kW, is about 13% 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 Esquared Electric (7), Vector Green Power (7) and Ted Mount (7).

How has Mike Brown's installation volume changed?

Mike Brown's earliest dated installation on record is from 2017. It has recorded installations in 3 calendar years. The busiest year was 2017, with 5 installations. 2019, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $2.99/W in 2017 to $2.95/W in 2019. The most recent recorded installation is dated Aug 12, 2019. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Mike Brown install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Eureka, CA (3), McKinleyville, CA (1), Hydesville, CA (1), Loleta, CA (1) and Fortuna, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Mike Brown completed?

PanelCensus records 7 installations by Mike Brown, from Apr 11, 2017 to Aug 12, 2019, totalling 40 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Mike Brown charge for solar?

The median installed price across 7 priced systems is $2.99/W before incentives (median system 5.2 kW, about $15,500). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Mike Brown install solar?

All 7 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Eureka.

Is Mike Brown still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Mike Brown in the public records is dated Aug 12, 2019; 2019 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Mike Brown install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Mike Brown install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Mike Brown (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, “Mike Brown, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/mike-brown-73695 (data as of September 21, 2026).