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Smartwatt Energy

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #11097 resolved from 13 public installation records.

Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data).

At a glance

Smartwatt Energy is a solar installer with 13 recorded installations totalling 882 kW, dated 2017 to 2021. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3869th of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 6,660th of 10,840 nationally. The median installed price across 11 priced systems from all years is $4.77/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
13
Total capacity
882 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
38.8 kW
≈ $102,000
Median price
$4.77/W
all years · 11 priced
Third-party owned
8%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2017
Last recorded
2021

Track record

Install volume by year

2017
3
2018
2
2019
4
2020
1
2021
3

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Apr 16, 2021Jurupa Valley, CA38.8 kW$185,000Host-owned
Mar 26, 2021Rimforest, CA10.2 kW$70,132Host-owned
Jan 13, 2021Running Springs, CA4.5 kW$27,928Host-owned
Dec 10, 2020Twin Peaks, CA8.6 kW$53,374Host-owned
May 29, 2019Winters, CA35.5 kW$100,000Host-owned
May 23, 2019Live Oak, CA62.1 kW$240,000Host-owned
Apr 26, 2019Live Oak, CA33.7 kW$102,000Host-owned
Mar 29, 2019Live Oak, CA19.5 kW$100,000Host-owned
Jun 22, 2018Winters, CA40.8 kW$250,000Host-owned
Apr 30, 2018Marysville, CA42.7 kW$130,000Host-owned

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Service geography

California
13

Busiest cities

Live Oak, CA 3Plumas Lake, CA 3Winters, CA 2Running Springs, CA 1Rimforest, CA 1Twin Peaks, CA 1Marysville, CA 1Jurupa Valley, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-11097
First recorded install
Jun 15, 2017
Last recorded install
Apr 16, 2021
Priced records
11

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How does Smartwatt Energy compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Smartwatt Energy ranks 3869th among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $4.77/W is about 12% above the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 38.8 kW, is about 6.6 times the state median of 5.9 kW. 8% 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 Rx Solar (13), Sengoku Solar (13) and Simon Shum Architect (13).

How has Smartwatt Energy's installation volume changed?

Smartwatt Energy's earliest dated installation on record is from 2017. It has recorded installations in 5 calendar years. The busiest year was 2019, with 4 installations. 2021, its latest year with records, has 3. Its median price per watt moved from $3.58/W in 2017 to $6.21/W in 2021. The most recent recorded installation is dated Apr 16, 2021. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Smartwatt Energy install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Live Oak, CA (3), Plumas Lake, CA (3), Winters, CA (2), Running Springs, CA (1) and Rimforest, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Smartwatt Energy completed?

PanelCensus records 13 installations by Smartwatt Energy, from Jun 15, 2017 to Apr 16, 2021, totalling 882 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Smartwatt Energy charge for solar?

The median installed price across 11 priced systems from all years is $4.77/W before incentives (median system 38.8 kW, about $102,000). 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 Smartwatt Energy install solar?

All 13 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Live Oak.

Is Smartwatt Energy still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Smartwatt Energy in the public records is dated Apr 16, 2021; 2021 has 3 recorded installations. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.

Does Smartwatt Energy install leased or PPA solar systems?

1 recorded installation by Smartwatt Energy (8%) is third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Smartwatt Energy install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Smartwatt Energy (0%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.

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, “Smartwatt Energy, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/smartwatt-energy-11097 (data as of September 21, 2026).