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Robert Brown Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #10291 resolved from 40 public installation records.

At a glance

Robert Brown Electric is a solar installer with 40 recorded installations totalling 234 kW, dated 2016 to 2024. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2319th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 3,844th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 41 priced systems is $3.00/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
40
Total capacity
234 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
5.4 kW
≈ $15,649
Median price
$3.00/W
pre-incentive · 41 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
5%
First recorded
2016
Last recorded
2024

Track record

Install volume by year

2016
2$4.21/W
2017
2$3.23/W
2018
1$1.47/W
2019
6$2.08/W
2020
9$3.52/W
2021
6$2.59/W
2022
10$2.99/W
2023
9$3.15/W
2024
3$2.60/W
2025
1

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jan 23, 2025San Diego, CA———
May 22, 2024San Diego, CA4.7 kW$16,000Host-owned
Jan 9, 2024La Mesa, CA7.1 kW$13,080Host-owned
Jan 5, 2024San Diego, CA———
Nov 6, 2023San Diego, CA7.2 kW$22,575Host-owned
Oct 19, 2023Poway, CA7.1 kW$22,071Host-owned
Sep 28, 2023San Diego, CA4.7 kW$15,000Host-owned
Jun 23, 2023San Diego, CA2 kW$6,902Host-owned
Jun 15, 2023El Cajon, CA3.2 kW$9,573Host-owned
May 24, 2023San Diego, CA———

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Service geography

California
49

Busiest cities

San Diego, CA 25El Cajon, CA 5Lakeside, CA 4Alpine, CA 3Encinitas, CA 2La Mesa, CA 2Bonita, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-10291
First recorded install
Jul 25, 2016
Last recorded install
May 22, 2024
Priced records
41

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How does Robert Brown Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Robert Brown Electric ranks 2319th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.00/W is about 30% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 5.4 kW, is roughly in line with 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. 5% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Light It Up Electric (40), Mel Bradley Electric (40) and Piper Electric (40).

How has Robert Brown Electric's installation volume changed?

Robert Brown Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2016. It has recorded installations in 10 calendar years. The busiest year was 2022, with 10 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $4.21/W in 2016 to $2.60/W in 2024. The most recent recorded installation is dated May 22, 2024.

Where does Robert Brown Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (25), El Cajon, CA (5), Lakeside, CA (4), Alpine, CA (3) and Encinitas, CA (2).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Robert Brown Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 40 installations by Robert Brown Electric, from Jul 25, 2016 to May 22, 2024, totalling 234 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Robert Brown Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 41 priced systems is $3.00/W before incentives (median system 5.4 kW, about $15,649). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Robert Brown Electric install solar?

All 40 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.

Is Robert Brown Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Robert Brown Electric in the public records is dated May 22, 2024; 2025 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Robert Brown Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Robert Brown Electric install battery storage?

2 recorded installations by Robert Brown Electric (5%) 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, “Robert Brown Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/robert-brown-electric-10291 (data as of September 21, 2026).