Solar Center
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · active in 4 states · installer record #11232 resolved from 152 public installation records.
At a glance
Solar Center is a solar installer with 152 recorded installations totalling 1.2 MW, dated 2007 to 2025. Its records are concentrated in California (68%), where it ranks 1064th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 1,735th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 132 priced systems from all years is $7.73/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Recorded installs per year; prices by year are in the table below.
Pricing
Price by year (solar only)
| Year | Priced systems | Solar Center | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17 | $5.79/W | $3.95/W | +47% |
| 2018 | 8 | $5.99/W | $4.01/W | +49% |
| 2017 | 9 | $6.43/W | $4.05/W | +59% |
| 2016 | 10 | $6.13/W | $4.37/W | +40% |
Median installed price per DC watt before incentives, systems without a battery, by the year in the public record. Years with fewer than five priced systems are left out.
Why a company's own figure can differ from this one
- Timing. These prices come from state incentive filings, published about once a year, so the latest full year here is 2025. Prices moved down in many states after 2023; a company's current quotes can be lower (or higher) than its last full year on record.
- Dates.A filing is dated when the program processed it, not when the job was sold, so jobs can land in a different month or year than in the company's own books.
- What the price includes.The filed price is the whole project as reported to the program, which can include loan dealer fees, electrical panel upgrades or roof work. A company's internal figure often leaves those out.
- Batteries.Systems flagged with a battery are excluded here; a battery the filing didn't flag can still raise a year's median.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2025 | Walnut, CA | 9.4 kW | $26,000 | Host-owned |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Whittier, CA | 9.8 kW | $43,640 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Highland, CA | 11.5 kW | $42,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Sep 17, 2024 | La Palma, CA | 9.6 kW | $22,000 | Host-owned |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Pico Rivera, CA | 11.9 kW | $32,400 | Host-owned |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Downey, CA | 7.1 kW | $18,170 | Host-owned |
| May 21, 2022 | La Puente, CA | 7.4 kW | $27,788 | Host-owned |
| Nov 1, 2021 | Temecula, CA | 6.6 kW | $16,575 | Host-owned |
| Nov 1, 2021 | La Palma, CA | 6.2 kW | $16,600 | Host-owned |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Fresno, CA | 7.4 kW | $16,500 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- California
- 104
- New York
- 41
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-11232
- First recorded install
- Feb 26, 2007
- Last recorded install
- Jul 29, 2025
- Priced records
- 132
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How does Solar Center compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Solar Center ranks 1064th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $7.73/W is about 81% above the California median of $4.26/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 5.5 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 1% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 1% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Absolutely Solar (153), Hunter Energy Solutions (152) and Jwl (152).
How has Solar Center's installation volume changed?
Solar Center's earliest dated installation on record is from 2007. It has recorded installations in 18 calendar years. The busiest year was 2008, with 20 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $8.90/W in 2007 to $3.61/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jul 29, 2025.
Where does Solar Center install solar?
Recorded installations span 4 states: California (104, 68%), New York (41, 27%), Connecticut (6, 4%) and New Jersey (1, under 1%). The cities with the most of its installations are Sunnyvale, CA (14), San Jose, CA (14), San Mateo, CA (8), San Francisco, CA (5) and Cupertino, CA (5).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Solar Center completed?
PanelCensus records 152 installations by Solar Center, from Feb 26, 2007 to Jul 29, 2025, totalling 1.2 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Solar Center charge for solar?
The median installed price across 132 priced systems from all years is $7.73/W before incentives (median system 5.5 kW, about $39,466). 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 Solar Center install solar?
Recorded installs span 4 states, led by California (104), New York (41) and Connecticut (6). Its busiest city is Sunnyvale, CA.
Is Solar Center still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Solar Center in the public records is dated Jul 29, 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 Solar Center install leased or PPA solar systems?
2 recorded installations by Solar Center (1%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Solar Center install battery storage?
2 recorded installations by Solar Center (1%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
- All solar installers in California· 6,010 profiles
- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
- Absolutely Solar· 153 installations
- Hunter Energy Solutions· 152 installations
- Jwl· 152 installations
- Depinho Roofing Solar· 151 installations
- Solar Xpress· 151 installations
- Ase Solar Solutions· 150 installations
- Solar in New York· 41 by Solar Center
- Solar in Connecticut· 6 by Solar Center
- Solar in New Jersey· 1 by Solar Center
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, “Solar Center, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/solar-center-11232 (data as of September 21, 2026).