Restart Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #10133 resolved from 631 public installation records.

At a glance

Restart Solar is a solar installer with 631 recorded installations totalling 4.7 MW, dated 2007 to 2018. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 376th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 620th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 546 priced systems is $5.49/W before incentives.

Recorded installs

631

Total capacity

4.7 MW

DC nameplate

Median system

6.6 kW

≈ $35,000

Median price

$5.49/W

pre-incentive · 546 priced

Third-party owned

24%

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2007

Last recorded

2018

Track record

Install volume by year

2007

2$8.09/W

2008

16$7.55/W

2009

44$7.43/W

2010

25$7.07/W

2011

43$7.06/W

2012

46$6.39/W

2013

40$6.05/W

2014

50$6.56/W

2015

147$4.46/W

2016

120$4.74/W

2017

95$3.62/W

2018

3$4.15/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Sep 14, 2018	Upland, CA	13.5 kW	$40,000	Host-owned
Feb 14, 2018	Chatsworth, CA	10.4 kW	$42,952	Host-owned
Jan 12, 2018	Whittier, CA	6.6 kW	$30,000	Third-party
Dec 20, 2017	Los Angeles, CA	4.8 kW	$19,420	Host-owned
Oct 10, 2017	Laguna Niguel, CA	3.3 kW	$30,000	Host-owned
Sep 25, 2017	Van Nuys, CA	4.8 kW	$29,635	Third-party
Sep 25, 2017	Encino, CA	5.9 kW	$34,527	Third-party
Sep 21, 2017	La Verne, CA	6.2 kW	$20,000	Host-owned
Sep 19, 2017	Downey, CA	5.2 kW	$30,000	Third-party
Sep 13, 2017	West Hills, CA	19.3 kW	$120,511	Third-party

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Service geography

California: 631

Busiest cities

Upland, CA 45Alta Loma, CA 25Claremont, CA 21Rancho Cucamonga, CA 20Yucaipa, CA 13Los Angeles, CA 12La Verne, CA 11

Record

Installer ID: PC-10133
First recorded install: Sep 28, 2007
Last recorded install: Sep 14, 2018
Priced records: 546

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How does Restart Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Restart Solar ranks 376th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $5.49/W is about 29% above the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.6 kW, is about 12% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 24% 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 Real Goods (636), Southwest Solar (635) and Pac Solar (633).

How has Restart Solar's installation volume changed?

Restart Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2007. It has recorded installations in 12 calendar years. The busiest year was 2015, with 147 installations. 2018, its latest year with records, has 3. Its median price per watt moved from $8.09/W in 2007 to $4.15/W in 2018. The most recent recorded installation is dated Sep 14, 2018. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Restart Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Upland, CA (45), Alta Loma, CA (25), Claremont, CA (21), Rancho Cucamonga, CA (20) and Yucaipa, CA (13).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Restart Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 631 installations by Restart Solar, from Sep 28, 2007 to Sep 14, 2018, totalling 4.7 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Restart Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 546 priced systems is $5.49/W before incentives (median system 6.6 kW, about $35,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Restart Solar install solar?

All 631 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Upland.

Is Restart Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Restart Solar in the public records is dated Sep 14, 2018; 2018 has 3 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Restart Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

149 recorded installations by Restart Solar (24%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Restart Solar install battery storage?

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

Related installers and places

Dataset updated September 2026 . 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, “Restart Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/restart-solar-10133 (data as of September 21, 2026).