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Oates Solar Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #8819 resolved from 9 public installation records.

Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data).

At a glance

Oates Solar Electric is a solar installer with 9 recorded installations totalling 407 kW, dated 2010 to 2026. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4523rd of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 7,830th of 10,840 nationally.

Recorded installs
9
Total capacity
407 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
12.1 kW
≈ $62,868
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2026

Track record

Install volume by year

2010
1
2014
4
2015
2
2017
1
2026
1

Recorded installs per year.

Equipment

Module, inverter and battery brands

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
May 8, 2026Murrieta, CA30.3 kW—Host-owned
Jul 25, 2017Sun City, CA12.1 kW$40,873Host-owned
Jul 13, 2015Temecula, CA16.1 kW$62,868Host-owned
Apr 24, 2015Fontana, CA7.4 kW——
Aug 19, 2014Murrieta, CA6.1 kW——
Feb 5, 2014Norco, CA303.4 kW——
Jan 24, 2014Murrieta, CA9.2 kW—Host-owned
Jan 24, 2014Murrieta, CA9.2 kW—Host-owned
Mar 4, 2010Yorba Linda, CA12.9 kW$89,516Host-owned

Service geography

Busiest cities

Murrieta, CA 4Temecula, CA 1Yorba Linda, CA 1Sun City, CA 1Fontana, CA 1Norco, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-8819
First recorded install
Mar 4, 2010
Last recorded install
May 8, 2026
Priced records
3

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How does Oates Solar Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Oates Solar Electric ranks 4523rd among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 12.1 kW, is about twice 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 Lnr Engineering Construction (9), Mcmillan Bros Electric (9) and Megawatt Bros (9).

How has Oates Solar Electric's installation volume changed?

Oates Solar Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2010. It has recorded installations in 4 calendar years. The busiest year was 2014, with 4 installations. 2017, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $6.95/W in 2010 to $3.38/W in 2017. The most recent recorded installation is dated May 8, 2026.

Where does Oates Solar Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Murrieta, CA (4), Temecula, CA (1), Yorba Linda, CA (1), Sun City, CA (1) and Fontana, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Oates Solar Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 9 installations by Oates Solar Electric, from Mar 4, 2010 to May 8, 2026, totalling 407 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Oates Solar Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 3 priced systems from all years is $3.90/W before incentives (median system 12.1 kW, about $62,868). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.

Where does Oates Solar Electric install solar?

All 9 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Murrieta.

Is Oates Solar Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Oates Solar Electric in the public records is dated May 8, 2026; 2017 has 1 recorded installation. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.

Does Oates Solar Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Oates Solar Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Oates Solar Electric (0%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.

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, “Oates Solar Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/oates-solar-electric-8819 (data as of September 21, 2026).