Solartime
No recent recordsSolar installer based in California · installer record #11694 resolved from 186 public installation records.
At a glance
Solartime is a solar installer with 186 recorded installations totalling 1.3 MW, dated 2002 to 2023. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 946th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 1,520th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 184 priced systems from all years is $3.51/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 | Solartime | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 32 | $3.13/W | $3.95/W | −21% |
| 2018 | 49 | $3.17/W | $4.01/W | −21% |
| 2017 | 40 | $3.75/W | $4.05/W | −7% |
| 2016 | 34 | $3.77/W | $4.37/W | −14% |
| 2015 | 19 | $3.92/W | $4.58/W | −14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2023 | San Juan Capistrano, CA | 3.4 kW | $10,880 | Host-owned |
| Oct 7, 2021 | La Mesa, CA | 4.7 kW | $19,890 | Host-owned |
| Mar 23, 2021 | Bonsall, CA | 5 kW | $21,571 | Host-owned |
| Jan 27, 2021 | Carlsbad, CA | 9.6 kW | $47,520 | Host-owned |
| Dec 14, 2020 | San Diego, CA | 12.1 kW | $48,843 | Host-owned |
| Aug 26, 2020 | San Diego, CA | 12.1 kW | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2020 | La Mesa, CA | 6.7 kW | $33,387 | Host-owned |
| Feb 10, 2020 | San Clemente, CA | 4 kW | $13,605 | Host-owned |
| Aug 21, 2019 | La Puente, CA | 6.9 kW | $22,000 | Host-owned |
| Aug 12, 2019 | Norwalk, CA | 12 kW | $36,000 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- California
- 186
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-11694
- First recorded install
- Aug 9, 2002
- Last recorded install
- Feb 1, 2023
- Priced records
- 184
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How does Solartime compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Solartime ranks 946th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.51/W is about 18% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.2 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 23% 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 Santa Cruz Solar (187), Sweitzer Solar Solutions (187) and Scc Solar Energy (186).
How has Solartime's installation volume changed?
Solartime's earliest dated installation on record is from 2002. It has recorded installations in 9 calendar years. The busiest year was 2018, with 49 installations. 2023, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $8.05/W in 2002 to $3.19/W in 2023. The most recent recorded installation is dated Feb 1, 2023. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.
Where does Solartime install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Garden Grove, CA (34), Westminster, CA (18), Fountain Valley, CA (9), West Covina, CA (9) and Santa Ana, CA (9).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Solartime completed?
PanelCensus records 186 installations by Solartime, from Aug 9, 2002 to Feb 1, 2023, totalling 1.3 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Solartime charge for solar?
The median installed price across 184 priced systems from all years is $3.51/W before incentives (median system 6.2 kW, about $22,000). 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 Solartime install solar?
All 186 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Garden Grove.
Is Solartime still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Solartime in the public records is dated Feb 1, 2023; 2023 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Solartime install leased or PPA solar systems?
43 recorded installations by Solartime (23%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Solartime install battery storage?
0 recorded installations by Solartime (0%) 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, “Solartime, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/solartime-11694 (data as of September 21, 2026).