Modern Solar Electric
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #63727 resolved from 87 public installation records.
At a glance
Modern Solar Electric is a solar installer with 87 recorded installations totalling 739 kW, dated 2013 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1502nd of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 2,479th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $3.75/W before incentives, across 23 priced systems.
Track record
Install volume by year
Recorded installs per year; prices by year are in the table below.
Pricing
Price by year (solar only)
| Year | Priced systems | Modern Solar Electric | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | $4.05/W | $3.29/W | +23% |
| 2024 | 8 | $3.40/W | $3.80/W | −11% |
| 2023 | 8 | $3.84/W | $4.06/W | −5% |
| 2022 | 5 | $3.97/W | $4.11/W | −3% |
| 2020 | 5 | $3.48/W | $3.97/W | −12% |
| 2017 | 13 | $3.87/W | $4.05/W | −4% |
| 2016 | 13 | $4.30/W | $4.37/W | −2% |
| 2015 | 5 | $4.63/W | $4.58/W | +1% |
Median installed price per DC watt before incentives, systems without a battery, by the year in the public record. Years with fewer than five priced systems are left out.
Why a company's own figure can differ from this one
- Timing. These prices come from state incentive filings, published about once a year, so the latest full year here is 2025. Prices moved down in many states after 2023; a company's current quotes can be lower (or higher) than its last full year on record.
- Dates. A filing is dated when the program processed it, not when the job was sold, so jobs can land in a different month or year than in the company's own books.
- What the price includes. The filed price is the whole project as reported to the program, which can include loan dealer fees, electrical panel upgrades or roof work. A company's internal figure often leaves those out.
- Batteries. Systems flagged with a battery are excluded here; a battery the filing didn't flag can still raise a year's median.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2025 | Yucca Valley, CA | 3.7 kW | $18,095 | Host-owned |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Yucca Valley, CA | 5 kW | $15,840 | Host-owned |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Yucca Valley, CA | 3.1 kW | $12,476 | Host-owned |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Joshua Tree, CA | 2.7 kW | $10,125 | Host-owned |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Palm Springs, CA | 8.4 kW | $36,996 | Host-owned · battery |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Yucca Valley, CA | 3.5 kW | $11,880 | Host-owned |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Yucca Valley, CA | 2.6 kW | $12,000 | Host-owned |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Joshua Tree, CA | 3.7 kW | $22,722 | Third-party |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Yucca Valley, CA | 4.4 kW | $12,200 | Host-owned |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Joshua Tree, CA | 8.2 kW | $29,920 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-63727
- First recorded install
- Jul 24, 2013
- Last recorded install
- Aug 27, 2025
- Priced records
- 78
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How does Modern Solar Electric compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Modern Solar Electric ranks 1502nd among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $3.75/W is roughly in line with the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 6.1 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 2% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 5% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Foshay Electric (87), Residential Solar Power Pros (87) and Solarsun Construction (87).
How has Modern Solar Electric's installation volume changed?
Modern Solar Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2013. It has recorded installations in 13 calendar years. The busiest year was 2016, with 13 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 8. Its median price per watt moved from $5.49/W in 2013 to $4.24/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Aug 27, 2025.
Where does Modern Solar Electric install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Yucca Valley, CA (31), Joshua Tree, CA (16), Twentynine Palms, CA (8), Chino Hills, CA (3) and Morongo Valley, CA (3).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Modern Solar Electric completed?
PanelCensus records 87 installations by Modern Solar Electric, from Jul 24, 2013 to Aug 27, 2025, totalling 739 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Modern Solar Electric charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $3.75/W before incentives, across 23 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 78 priced systems since 2013, including battery systems, the median is $3.90/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state incentive programs, divided by the system's DC watts, so they can include electrical upgrades or other work billed with the solar.
Where does Modern Solar Electric install solar?
All 87 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Yucca Valley.
Is Modern Solar Electric still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Modern Solar Electric in the public records is dated Aug 27, 2025; 2025 has 8 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Modern Solar Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?
2 recorded installations by Modern Solar Electric (2%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Modern Solar Electric install battery storage?
4 recorded installations by Modern Solar Electric (5%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
- All solar installers in California· 6,010 profiles
- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
- Foshay Electric· 87 installations
- Residential Solar Power Pros· 87 installations
- Solarsun Construction· 87 installations
- Golden Valley Solar· 86 installations
- Green Charge· 86 installations
- Mission Solar· 86 installations
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, “Modern Solar Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/modern-solar-electric-63727 (data as of September 21, 2026).