Palomar Solar
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #9104 resolved from 3,047 public installation records.
At a glance
Palomar Solar is a solar installer with 3,047 recorded installations totalling 27.4 MW, dated 2010 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 91st of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 154th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2025 is $3.66/W before incentives, across 21 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 | Palomar Solar | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | $3.66/W | $3.29/W | +11% |
| 2024 | 111 | $3.69/W | $3.80/W | −3% |
| 2023 | 270 | $3.69/W | $4.06/W | −9% |
| 2022 | 282 | $3.61/W | $4.11/W | −12% |
| 2021 | 231 | $3.09/W | $3.98/W | −22% |
| 2020 | 244 | $3.28/W | $3.97/W | −17% |
| 2019 | 309 | $3.51/W | $3.95/W | −11% |
| 2018 | 287 | $3.56/W | $4.01/W | −11% |
| 2017 | 225 | $3.44/W | $4.05/W | −15% |
| 2016 | 264 | $4.11/W | $4.37/W | −6% |
| 2015 | 138 | $4.15/W | $4.58/W | −9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | $27,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Chula Vista, CA | — | $48,550 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Cardiff, CA | — | $65,200 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 30, 2025 | San Diego, CA | 10.8 kW | $36,403 | Host-owned |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Oceanside, CA | — | $39,720 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 26, 2025 | San Diego, CA | — | $16,300 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | 16.2 kW | $67,000 | Host-owned |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Del Mar, CA | 13.1 kW | $51,922 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Solana Beach, CA | — | $65,277 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 23, 2025 | San Diego, CA | 16.6 kW | $53,216 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- California
- 3,047
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-9104
- First recorded install
- Jul 27, 2010
- Last recorded install
- Dec 31, 2025
- Priced records
- 2,673
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How does Palomar Solar compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Palomar Solar ranks 91st among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2025 solar-only median of $3.66/W is about 11% above the California median of $3.29/W on the same basis. Its median system, 7.2 kW, is about 22% above the state median of 5.9 kW. under 1% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 9% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Gold Rush Energy Solutions (3,136), California Solar Electric Systems (3,062) and Luminalt Energy (3,052).
How has Palomar Solar's installation volume changed?
Palomar Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2010. It has recorded installations in 16 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 335 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 157. Its median price per watt moved from $7.24/W in 2010 to $4.28/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 31, 2025.
Where does Palomar Solar install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (835), Escondido, CA (306), El Cajon, CA (135), Poway, CA (127) and Chula Vista, CA (120).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Palomar Solar completed?
PanelCensus records 3,047 installations by Palomar Solar, from Jul 27, 2010 to Dec 31, 2025, totalling 27.4 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Palomar Solar charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2025, the median reported price is $3.66/W before incentives, across 21 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.29/W. Across all 2,673 priced systems since 2010, including battery systems, the median is $3.64/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 Palomar Solar install solar?
All 3,047 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.
Is Palomar Solar still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Palomar Solar in the public records is dated Dec 31, 2025; 2025 has 157 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Palomar Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?
13 recorded installations by Palomar Solar (under 1%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Palomar Solar install battery storage?
272 recorded installations by Palomar Solar (9%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
- All solar installers in California· 6,010 profiles
- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
- Gold Rush Energy Solutions· 3,136 installations
- California Solar Electric Systems· 3,062 installations
- Luminalt Energy· 3,052 installations
- Ilum Solar· 3,021 installations
- Northern Pacific Power· 2,992 installations
- Suncrest Solar· 2,926 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, “Palomar Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/palomar-solar-9104 (data as of September 21, 2026).