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Responsible Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #10131 resolved from 358 public installation records.

At a glance

Responsible Solar is a solar installer with 358 recorded installations totalling 3.2 MW, dated 2012 to 2022. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 610th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 980th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 324 priced systems from all years is $3.92/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
358
Total capacity
3.2 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
7.8 kW
≈ $31,206
Median price
$3.92/W
all years · 324 priced
Third-party owned
5%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2022

Track record

Install volume by year

2012
1$4.50/W
2013
23$3.69/W
2014
45$4.26/W
2015
33$3.91/W
2016
35$3.83/W
2017
52$3.80/W
2018
52$3.98/W
2019
57$4.04/W
2020
34$3.88/W
2021
24$3.55/W
2022
1$0.88/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jan 6, 2022San Clemente, CA14.2 kW$12,512Host-owned
Oct 18, 2021Red Bluff, CA22.4 kW$61,695Host-owned
Sep 3, 2021Anderson, CA4.1 kW$29,918Host-owned
Aug 16, 2021Redding, CA10.2 kW$45,600Host-owned
Aug 9, 2021Redding, CA13.6 kW$62,297Host-owned
Jul 20, 2021Cottonwood, CA6.6 kW$26,257Host-owned
Jun 25, 2021Burney, CA55.4 kW$204,864Host-owned
Jun 16, 2021Redding, CA9.8 kW$49,755Host-owned
Jun 11, 2021Red Bluff, CA9.2 kW$37,245Host-owned
Jun 4, 2021Red Bluff, CA7.6 kW$29,927Host-owned

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Service geography

Busiest cities

Red Bluff, CA 53Redding, CA 33Hemet, CA 31Anderson, CA 23Cottonwood, CA 19San Jacinto, CA 15Corning, CA 13

Record

Installer ID
PC-10131
First recorded install
Aug 31, 2012
Last recorded install
Jan 6, 2022
Priced records
324

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How does Responsible Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Responsible Solar ranks 610th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.92/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 7.8 kW, is about 32% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 5% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. under 1% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Porticade Energy (360), Sunlight Electric (359) and Danielle Tully (359).

How has Responsible Solar's installation volume changed?

Responsible Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2012. It has recorded installations in 11 calendar years. The busiest year was 2019, with 57 installations. 2022, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $4.50/W in 2012 to $0.88/W in 2022. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jan 6, 2022. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Responsible Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Red Bluff, CA (53), Redding, CA (33), Hemet, CA (31), Anderson, CA (23) and Cottonwood, CA (19).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Responsible Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 358 installations by Responsible Solar, from Aug 31, 2012 to Jan 6, 2022, totalling 3.2 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Responsible Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 324 priced systems from all years is $3.92/W before incentives (median system 7.8 kW, about $31,206). 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 Responsible Solar install solar?

All 358 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Red Bluff.

Is Responsible Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Responsible Solar in the public records is dated Jan 6, 2022; 2022 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Responsible Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

17 recorded installations by Responsible Solar (5%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Responsible Solar install battery storage?

1 recorded installation by Responsible Solar (under 1%) includes 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, “Responsible Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/responsible-solar-10131 (data as of September 21, 2026).