Original Energy
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #8960 resolved from 14 public installation records.
At a glance
Original Energy is a solar installer with 14 recorded installations totalling 94 kW, dated 2015 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3614th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 6,209th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 13 priced systems from all years is $3.79/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Recorded installs per year.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2025 | Arroyo Grande, CA | 6.4 kW | $41,400 | Host-owned · battery |
| Apr 16, 2025 | San Luis Obispo, CA | — | $20,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Jul 24, 2023 | Arroyo Grande, CA | 5.9 kW | $21,000 | Host-owned |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Atascadero, CA | 10.4 kW | $37,400 | Host-owned |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Arroyo Grande, CA | 4.2 kW | $16,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 6, 2022 | Santa Maria, CA | 2.4 kW | $9,000 | Host-owned |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Arroyo Grande, CA | 10.7 kW | $49,300 | Host-owned |
| Jan 4, 2021 | Arroyo Grande, CA | 3.4 kW | $20,000 | Host-owned |
| Jan 4, 2021 | Arroyo Grande, CA | 6.9 kW | $30,000 | Host-owned |
| Jan 4, 2021 | Arroyo Grande, CA | 12 kW | $40,000 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-8960
- First recorded install
- Sep 16, 2015
- Last recorded install
- Aug 14, 2025
- Priced records
- 13
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How does Original Energy compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Original Energy ranks 3614th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.79/W is about 11% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.6 kW, is about 12% above 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. 21% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Oc Home Improvement (14), Ocs Energy (14) and Ohmic Electric (14).
How has Original Energy's installation volume changed?
Original Energy's earliest dated installation on record is from 2015. It has recorded installations in 7 calendar years. The busiest year was 2021, with 4 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $4.11/W in 2015 to $6.46/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Aug 14, 2025.
Where does Original Energy install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Arroyo Grande, CA (8), Los Osos, CA (1), San Luis Obispo, CA (1), Atascadero, CA (1) and Santa Maria, CA (1).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Original Energy completed?
PanelCensus records 14 installations by Original Energy, from Sep 16, 2015 to Aug 14, 2025, totalling 94 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Original Energy charge for solar?
The median installed price across 13 priced systems from all years is $3.79/W before incentives (median system 6.6 kW, about $30,000). 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 Original Energy install solar?
All 14 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Arroyo Grande.
Is Original Energy still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Original Energy in the public records is dated Aug 14, 2025; 2025 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Original Energy install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Original Energy (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Original Energy install battery storage?
3 recorded installations by Original Energy (21%) include a battery.
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- Ohmic Electric· 14 installations
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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, “Original Energy, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/original-energy-8960 (data as of September 21, 2026).