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Rancho Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #9900 resolved from 583 public installation records.

At a glance

Rancho Solar is a solar installer with 583 recorded installations totalling 5.3 MW, dated 2009 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 387th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 645th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $3.40/W before incentives, across 42 priced systems.

Recorded installs
583
Total capacity
5.3 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
7.6 kW
≈ $24,970
Median price
$3.40/W
2023–2025 · solar only · 42 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
7%
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2009
9$6.92/W
2010
15$5.77/W
2011
13$5.12/W
2012
14$4.53/W
2013
18$3.73/W
2014
84$3.40/W
2015
64$4.00/W
2016
65$2.12/W
2017
40$2.09/W
2018
54$2.40/W
2019
47$2.45/W
2020
18$2.90/W
2021
25$2.97/W
2022
35$3.20/W
2023
36$3.44/W
2024
15$3.51/W
2025
31$4.95/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 17, 2025Poway, CA—$16,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 17, 2025La Jolla, CA14.7 kW$45,430Host-owned · battery
Dec 17, 2025Poway, CA—$15,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 15, 2025San Diego, CA—$18,700Host-owned · battery
Dec 15, 2025Rancho Santa Fe, CA12.3 kW$67,660Host-owned · battery
Dec 11, 2025Rancho Santa Fe, CA19.4 kW$96,300Host-owned · battery
Nov 17, 2025Poway, CA—$17,000Host-owned · battery
Nov 3, 2025San Diego, CA6.1 kW$34,200Host-owned · battery
Nov 3, 2025San Diego, CA4.4 kW$25,940Host-owned · battery
Oct 27, 2025San Diego, CA—$27,400Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

California
583

Busiest cities

San Diego, CA 175Poway, CA 79Escondido, CA 30El Cajon, CA 26Vista, CA 21Rancho Santa Fe, CA 19Oceanside, CA 17

Record

Installer ID
PC-9900
First recorded install
May 11, 2009
Last recorded install
Dec 17, 2025
Priced records
431

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How does Rancho Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Rancho Solar ranks 387th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $3.40/W is about 14% below the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 7.6 kW, is about 28% 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. 7% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Pacific Energy (594), Ecoforce Solutions (584) and Allen Electric (583).

How has Rancho Solar's installation volume changed?

Rancho Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2009. It has recorded installations in 17 calendar years. The busiest year was 2014, with 84 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 31. Its median price per watt moved from $6.92/W in 2009 to $4.95/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 17, 2025.

Where does Rancho Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (175), Poway, CA (79), Escondido, CA (30), El Cajon, CA (26) and Vista, CA (21).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Rancho Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 583 installations by Rancho Solar, from May 11, 2009 to Dec 17, 2025, totalling 5.3 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Rancho Solar charge for solar?

For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $3.40/W before incentives, across 42 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 431 priced systems since 2009, including battery systems, the median is $3.11/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 Rancho Solar install solar?

All 583 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.

Is Rancho Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Rancho Solar in the public records is dated Dec 17, 2025; 2025 has 31 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Rancho Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Rancho Solar install battery storage?

39 recorded installations by Rancho Solar (7%) 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, “Rancho Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/rancho-solar-9900 (data as of September 21, 2026).