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Solar installer based in California · active in 2 states · installer record #11067 resolved from 114 public installation records.

At a glance

Smart is a solar installer with 114 recorded installations totalling 660 kW, dated 2016 to 2023. Its records are concentrated in California (100%), where it ranks 1327th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,155th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 113 priced systems is $6.66/W before incentives.

Recorded installs

114

Total capacity

660 kW

DC nameplate

Median system

5.2 kW

≈ $34,614

Median price

$6.66/W

pre-incentive

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2016

Last recorded

2023

Track record

Install volume by year

2016

19$6.57/W

2017

44$6.25/W

2018

14$6.58/W

2019

20$7.00/W

2020

11$7.25/W

2021

3$8.54/W

2022

2023

3$6.31/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Aug 18, 2023	San Antonio, TX	—	—	— · battery
Jul 6, 2023	San Luis Obispo, CA	8.6 kW	$66,023	Host-owned · battery
Jan 30, 2023	Atascadero, CA	5.8 kW	$29,000	Host-owned
Mar 22, 2022	Atascadero, CA	6.6 kW	$0	Host-owned · battery
Dec 13, 2021	Atascadero, CA	7.9 kW	$36,970	Host-owned
Apr 22, 2021	Salinas, CA	4.2 kW	$48,620	Host-owned
Feb 8, 2021	Lompoc, CA	6 kW	$51,215	Host-owned
Dec 31, 2020	Napa, CA	11.3 kW	$56,500	Host-owned
Dec 31, 2020	Santa Maria, CA	2.3 kW	$26,166	Host-owned
Dec 16, 2020	Bradley, CA	4.5 kW	$28,561	Host-owned

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Service geography

California: 114
Texas: 1

Busiest cities

Paso Robles, CA 24Atascadero, CA 22Salinas, CA 7San Luis Obispo, CA 6Santa Maria, CA 5Hollister, CA 4Templeton, CA 3Greenfield, CA 3

Record

Installer ID: PC-11067
First recorded install: Jul 19, 2016
Last recorded install: Jul 6, 2023
Priced records: 113

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How does Smart compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Smart ranks 1327th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $6.66/W is about 56% above the California median of $4.26/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 5.2 kW, is about 12% below 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. 3% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Solar Holmes (115), Gti Solar (114) and Llp Energy (114).

How has Smart's installation volume changed?

Smart's earliest dated installation on record is from 2016. It has recorded installations in 8 calendar years. The busiest year was 2017, with 44 installations. 2023, its latest year with records, has 3. Its median price per watt moved from $6.57/W in 2016 to $6.31/W in 2023. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jul 6, 2023. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Smart install solar?

Recorded installations span 2 states: California (114, 100%) and Texas (1, under 1%). The cities with the most of its installations are Paso Robles, CA (24), Atascadero, CA (22), Salinas, CA (7), San Luis Obispo, CA (6) and Santa Maria, CA (5).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Smart completed?

PanelCensus records 114 installations by Smart, from Jul 19, 2016 to Jul 6, 2023, totalling 660 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Smart charge for solar?

The median installed price across 113 priced systems is $6.66/W before incentives (median system 5.2 kW, about $34,614). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Smart install solar?

Recorded installs span 2 states, led by California (114) and Texas (1). Its busiest city is Paso Robles, CA.

Is Smart still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Smart in the public records is dated Jul 6, 2023; 2023 has 3 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Smart install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Smart install battery storage?

3 recorded installations by Smart (3%) 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, “Smart, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/smart-11067 (data as of September 21, 2026).