Socal Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #11145 resolved from 567 public installation records.

At a glance

Socal Solar is a solar installer with 567 recorded installations totalling 5.3 MW, dated 2008 to 2022. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 411th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 673rd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 463 priced systems is $3.89/W before incentives.

Recorded installs

567

Total capacity

5.3 MW

DC nameplate

Median system

5.7 kW

≈ $21,420

Median price

$3.89/W

pre-incentive · 463 priced

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2008

Last recorded

2022

Track record

Install volume by year

2008

1$7.62/W

2009

5$8.37/W

2010

7$6.26/W

2011

10$6.25/W

2012

7$4.00/W

2013

46$4.26/W

2014

72$4.37/W

2015

99$2.12/W

2016

149$3.75/W

2017

129$3.91/W

2018

43$4.06/W

2022

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Apr 9, 2022	Brea, CA	100.4 kW	$1	Host-owned
May 17, 2018	Lancaster, CA	6.3 kW	$22,850	Host-owned
May 8, 2018	Inyokern, CA	5.3 kW	$23,250	Host-owned
May 7, 2018	Ridgecrest, CA	3.6 kW	$14,850	Host-owned
May 7, 2018	Ridgecrest, CA	5.6 kW	$23,950	Host-owned
Apr 23, 2018	Palmdale, CA	2.7 kW	$12,750	Host-owned
Apr 16, 2018	Ridgecrest, CA	2.8 kW	$11,880	Host-owned
Apr 13, 2018	Palmdale, CA	6.7 kW	$27,750	Host-owned
Apr 13, 2018	Lancaster, CA	8.8 kW	$35,400	Host-owned
Apr 9, 2018	Tehachapi, CA	5.4 kW	$21,000	Host-owned

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Service geography

California: 570

Busiest cities

Lancaster, CA 161Palmdale, CA 130Ridgecrest, CA 37Rosamond, CA 29California City, CA 16Tehachapi, CA 15

Record

Installer ID: PC-11145
First recorded install: Dec 4, 2008
Last recorded install: Apr 9, 2022
Priced records: 463

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How does Socal Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Socal Solar ranks 411th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.89/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 5.7 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. under 1% 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 Five Star Solar (568), Sattler Engineering (568) and Alternative Power Solutions (567).

How has Socal Solar's installation volume changed?

Socal Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2008. It has recorded installations in 12 calendar years. The busiest year was 2016, with 149 installations. 2022, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $7.62/W in 2008 to $4.06/W in 2018. The most recent recorded installation is dated Apr 9, 2022. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Socal Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Lancaster, CA (161), Palmdale, CA (130), Ridgecrest, CA (37), Rosamond, CA (29) and California City, CA (16).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Socal Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 567 installations by Socal Solar, from Dec 4, 2008 to Apr 9, 2022, totalling 5.3 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Socal Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 463 priced systems is $3.89/W before incentives (median system 5.7 kW, about $21,420). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Socal Solar install solar?

All 567 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Lancaster.

Is Socal Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Socal Solar in the public records is dated Apr 9, 2022; 2022 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Socal Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Socal Solar install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Socal Solar (0%) 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, “Socal Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/socal-solar-11145 (data as of September 21, 2026).