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Smith Electrical Contractors

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #11105 resolved from 103 public installation records.

At a glance

Smith Electrical Contractors is a solar installer with 103 recorded installations totalling 638 kW, dated 2016 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1412th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,309th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 98 priced systems is $3.28/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
103
Total capacity
638 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.4 kW
≈ $22,878
Median price
$3.28/W
pre-incentive · 98 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
9%
First recorded
2016
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2016
1$3.02/W
2017
16$3.47/W
2018
12$3.18/W
2019
7$3.74/W
2020
9$3.32/W
2021
8$3.43/W
2022
28$3.20/W
2023
25$3.23/W
2024
4$4.51/W
2025
1

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 11, 2025Oceanside, CA—$23,000Host-owned · battery
Nov 18, 2024La Mesa, CA7.2 kW$32,500Host-owned · battery
Feb 29, 2024San Diego, CA———
Feb 7, 2024La Mesa, CA6.4 kW$20,904Host-owned
Jan 12, 2024San Diego, CA2.4 kW$11,518Host-owned
Oct 3, 2023San Diego, CA———
Sep 5, 2023San Diego, CA4.8 kW$18,300Host-owned
Aug 24, 2023San Diego, CA5.6 kW$26,955Host-owned
Aug 22, 2023San Diego, CA7.2 kW$25,349Host-owned
Aug 21, 2023El Cajon, CA6.8 kW$29,287Host-owned

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Service geography

California
111

Busiest cities

San Diego, CA 69El Cajon, CA 10La Mesa, CA 9Chula Vista, CA 5Rancho Santa Fe, CA 3Oceanside, CA 3Vista, CA 3

Record

Installer ID
PC-11105
First recorded install
Dec 5, 2016
Last recorded install
Dec 11, 2025
Priced records
98

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How does Smith Electrical Contractors compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Smith Electrical Contractors ranks 1412th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.28/W is about 23% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.4 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. 9% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Denali Development Group (103), Dsh Solar Electric (103) and Sky Power Systems (103).

How has Smith Electrical Contractors's installation volume changed?

Smith Electrical Contractors's earliest dated installation on record is from 2016. It has recorded installations in 10 calendar years. The busiest year was 2022, with 28 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $3.02/W in 2016 to $4.51/W in 2024. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 11, 2025.

Where does Smith Electrical Contractors install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (69), El Cajon, CA (10), La Mesa, CA (9), Chula Vista, CA (5) and Rancho Santa Fe, CA (3).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Smith Electrical Contractors completed?

PanelCensus records 103 installations by Smith Electrical Contractors, from Dec 5, 2016 to Dec 11, 2025, totalling 638 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Smith Electrical Contractors charge for solar?

The median installed price across 98 priced systems is $3.28/W before incentives (median system 6.4 kW, about $22,878). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Smith Electrical Contractors install solar?

All 103 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.

Is Smith Electrical Contractors still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Smith Electrical Contractors in the public records is dated Dec 11, 2025; 2025 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Smith Electrical Contractors install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Smith Electrical Contractors install battery storage?

9 recorded installations by Smith Electrical Contractors (9%) include a battery.

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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, “Smith Electrical Contractors, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/smith-electrical-contractors-11105 (data as of September 21, 2026).