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Solar installer based in California · installer record #11824 resolved from 423 public installation records.

At a glance

Sonlight Construction is a solar installer with 423 recorded installations totalling 4.0 MW, dated 2019 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 522nd of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 856th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $3.75/W before incentives, across 142 priced systems.

Recorded installs
423
Total capacity
4.0 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
9.1 kW
≈ $44,054
Median price
$3.75/W
2023–2025 · solar only · 142 priced
Third-party owned
30%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
65%
First recorded
2019
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2019
3$2.49/W
2020
2$2.50/W
2023
119$4.30/W
2024
155$5.19/W
2025
144$5.11/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 30, 2025Bakersfield, CA9.7 kW$0Host-owned · battery
Dec 29, 2025Bakersfield, CA9.8 kW$129,215Host-owned · battery
Dec 24, 2025Visalia, CA4.9 kW$1,150Third-party · battery
Dec 23, 2025Bakersfield, CA9.7 kW$41,392Host-owned · battery
Dec 23, 2025Shafter, CA11.5 kW$0Third-party
Dec 22, 2025Taft, CA8 kW$35,112Host-owned
Dec 19, 2025Bakersfield, CA4 kW$0Host-owned · battery
Dec 18, 2025Hanford, CA10.1 kW$42,076Third-party · battery
Dec 17, 2025Bakersfield, CA14.8 kW$38,760Host-owned · battery
Dec 17, 2025Shafter, CA4.4 kW$14,500Host-owned

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Service geography

California
423

Busiest cities

Bakersfield, CA 306Shafter, CA 18Mc Farland, CA 14Taft, CA 14Wasco, CA 10Visalia, CA 9Tehachapi, CA 8Porterville, CA 6

Record

Installer ID
PC-11824
First recorded install
Jun 27, 2019
Last recorded install
Dec 30, 2025
Priced records
399

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How does Sonlight Construction compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Sonlight Construction ranks 522nd among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $3.75/W is roughly in line with the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 9.1 kW, is about 54% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 30% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 65% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Solar Solutions 4 U (425), Sunfire Construction (424) and Pickett Solar (423).

How has Sonlight Construction's installation volume changed?

Sonlight Construction's earliest dated installation on record is from 2019. It has recorded installations in 5 calendar years. The busiest year was 2024, with 155 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 144. Its median price per watt moved from $2.49/W in 2019 to $5.11/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 30, 2025.

Where does Sonlight Construction install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Bakersfield, CA (306), Shafter, CA (18), Mc Farland, CA (14), Taft, CA (14) and Wasco, CA (10).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Sonlight Construction completed?

PanelCensus records 423 installations by Sonlight Construction, from Jun 27, 2019 to Dec 30, 2025, totalling 4.0 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Sonlight Construction charge for solar?

For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $3.75/W before incentives, across 142 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 399 priced systems since 2019, including battery systems, the median is $4.89/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state incentive programs, divided by the system's DC watts, so they can include electrical upgrades or other work billed with the solar.

Where does Sonlight Construction install solar?

All 423 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Bakersfield.

Is Sonlight Construction still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Sonlight Construction in the public records is dated Dec 30, 2025; 2025 has 144 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Sonlight Construction install leased or PPA solar systems?

126 recorded installations by Sonlight Construction (30%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Sonlight Construction install battery storage?

274 recorded installations by Sonlight Construction (65%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

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, “Sonlight Construction, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/sonlight-construction-11824 (data as of September 21, 2026).