Smartgen

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Solar installer based in California · active in 2 states · installer record #11095 resolved from 15 public installation records.

At a glance

Smartgen is a solar installer with 15 recorded installations totalling 291 kW, dated 2020 to 2025. Its records are concentrated in California (73%), where it ranks 3688th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 6,169th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 15 priced systems is $3.27/W before incentives.

Recorded installs

Total capacity

291 kW

DC nameplate

Median system

13.6 kW

≈ $39,379

Median price

$3.27/W

pre-incentive · 15 priced

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2020

Last recorded

2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2020

2$3.16/W

2021

2$2.11/W

2022

3$4.33/W

2023

6$3.94/W

2025

2$2.78/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Oct 9, 2025	Corning, CA	8 kW	$33,446	Host-owned
Jul 25, 2025	Young, AZ	24.3 kW	$33,100	Host-owned
Nov 9, 2023	Orland, CA	8 kW	$38,125	Host-owned
Sep 21, 2023	Los Molinos, CA	9.5 kW	$39,379	Host-owned
Jul 31, 2023	Phoenix, AZ	13.6 kW	$40,000	Host-owned
May 22, 2023	Williams, CA	9.6 kW	$54,240	Host-owned
Apr 6, 2023	Scottsdale, AZ	19.5 kW	$72,750	Host-owned
Jan 30, 2023	Gilbert, AZ	14.4 kW	$36,000	Host-owned
Dec 5, 2022	Butte City, CA	18.9 kW	$81,749	Host-owned
Apr 20, 2022	Chico, CA	74.4 kW	$181,100	Host-owned

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Service geography

California: 11
Arizona: 4

Busiest cities

Corning, CA 2Orland, CA 2Durham, CA 1Butte City, CA 1Phoenix, AZ 1Paradise, CA 1Young, AZ 1Gerber, CA 1

Record

Installer ID: PC-11095
First recorded install: Oct 20, 2020
Last recorded install: Oct 9, 2025
Priced records: 15

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How does Smartgen compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Smartgen ranks 3688th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.27/W is about 23% below the California median of $4.26/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 13.6 kW, is about 2.3 times 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. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Seal Electric (15), Signature Solar Design (15) and Skyline Energy (15).

How has Smartgen's installation volume changed?

Smartgen's earliest dated installation on record is from 2020. It has recorded installations in 5 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 6 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $3.16/W in 2020 to $2.78/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Oct 9, 2025.

Where does Smartgen install solar?

Recorded installations span 2 states: California (11, 73%) and Arizona (4, 27%). The cities with the most of its installations are Corning, CA (2), Orland, CA (2), Durham, CA (1), Butte City, CA (1) and Phoenix, AZ (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Smartgen completed?

PanelCensus records 15 installations by Smartgen, from Oct 20, 2020 to Oct 9, 2025, totalling 291 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Smartgen charge for solar?

The median installed price across 15 priced systems is $3.27/W before incentives (median system 13.6 kW, about $39,379). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Smartgen install solar?

Recorded installs span 2 states, led by California (11) and Arizona (4). Its busiest city is Corning, CA.

Is Smartgen still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Smartgen in the public records is dated Oct 9, 2025; 2025 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Smartgen install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Smartgen install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Smartgen (0%) include a battery.

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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, “Smartgen, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/smartgen-11095 (data as of September 21, 2026).