Solar West
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #11575 resolved from 1,685 public installation records.
At a glance
Solar West is a solar installer with 1,685 recorded installations totalling 9.5 MW, dated 2009 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 160th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 260th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 1,133 priced systems from all years is $5.45/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 West | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | $4.24/W | $4.01/W | +6% |
| 2017 | 50 | $4.24/W | $4.05/W | +5% |
| 2016 | 195 | $4.34/W | $4.37/W | −1% |
| 2015 | 63 | $4.20/W | $4.58/W | −8% |
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 the last year of data. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | San Diego, CA | 2 kW | — | — |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Vista, CA | 2.9 kW | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | La Mesa, CA | 3.1 kW | — | — |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Campo, CA | 4.6 kW | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2023 | El Cajon, CA | 9.2 kW | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Encinitas, CA | 3.8 kW | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2023 | Jamul, CA | 3.8 kW | — | — |
| Jan 23, 2023 | San Diego, CA | 3.2 kW | — | — |
| May 10, 2018 | Chula Vista, CA | 2.5 kW | $10,848 | Host-owned |
| Mar 1, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA | 3.4 kW | $18,000 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- California
- 1,685
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-11575
- First recorded install
- Jun 4, 2009
- Last recorded install
- May 22, 2025
- Priced records
- 1,133
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How does Solar West compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Solar West ranks 160th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $5.45/W is about 28% above the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 5.2 kW, is about 12% below the state median of 5.9 kW. 22% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. under 1% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include South West Builders (1,743), Quality First Home Improvement (1,719) and Solaire Energy Systems (1,699).
How has Solar West's installation volume changed?
Solar West's earliest dated installation on record is from 2009. It has recorded installations in 13 calendar years. The busiest year was 2013, with 509 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $6.67/W in 2009 to $4.24/W in 2018. The most recent recorded installation is dated May 22, 2025.
Where does Solar West install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (472), El Cajon, CA (137), Ramona, CA (104), Chula Vista, CA (63) and Escondido, CA (54).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Solar West completed?
PanelCensus records 1,685 installations by Solar West, from Jun 4, 2009 to May 22, 2025, totalling 9.5 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Solar West charge for solar?
The median installed price across 1,133 priced systems from all years is $5.45/W before incentives (median system 5.2 kW, about $29,000). 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 Solar West install solar?
All 1,685 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.
Is Solar West still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Solar West in the public records is dated May 22, 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 West install leased or PPA solar systems?
374 recorded installations by Solar West (22%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Solar West install battery storage?
1 recorded installation by Solar West (under 1%) includes a battery.
Related installers and places
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- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
- South West Builders· 1,743 installations
- Quality First Home Improvement· 1,719 installations
- Solaire Energy Systems· 1,699 installations
- Lgcy Electric· 1,677 installations
- Greenspire· 1,669 installations
- Elite Electric· 1,652 installations
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 West, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/solar-west-11575 (data as of September 21, 2026).