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Spectrum Energy Development

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #11948 resolved from 215 public installation records.

At a glance

Spectrum Energy Development is a solar installer with 215 recorded installations totalling 13.9 MW, dated 2008 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 883rd of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 1,405th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 177 priced systems is $2.68/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
215
Total capacity
13.9 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
35.1 kW
≈ $125,000
Median price
$2.68/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
2%
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2008
1
2010
4
2012
25$7.00/W
2013
3$3.61/W
2014
6
2015
1
2016
9$2.75/W
2017
12$2.62/W
2018
15$2.67/W
2019
29$15.75/W
2020
36$2.68/W
2021
29$4.02/W
2022
9$2.70/W
2023
28$2.60/W
2024
27$1.68/W
2025
11$2.80/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 1, 2025Reedley, CA31 kW$125,000Host-owned · battery
Nov 7, 2025Paso Robles, CA145 kW$77,000—
Nov 7, 2025Paso Robles, CA125 kW$77,000—
Nov 7, 2025Paso Robles, CA134.6 kW$77,000Host-owned
Nov 7, 2025Paso Robles, CA156.2 kW$77,000Host-owned
Jun 26, 2025Reedley, CA41.6 kW$125,000—
Jun 26, 2025Reedley, CA41.6 kW$125,000—
Jun 26, 2025Reedley, CA39.8 kW$125,000—
Jun 26, 2025Reedley, CA44.6 kW$125,000Host-owned
Jun 26, 2025Reedley, CA44.6 kW$125,000Host-owned

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Service geography

California
246

Busiest cities

Stockton, CA 22Lindsay, CA 17Chico, CA 15Madera, CA 13Goshen, CA 13Hanford, CA 13Dinuba, CA 12Ventura, CA 10

Record

Installer ID
PC-11948
First recorded install
Jul 31, 2008
Last recorded install
Dec 1, 2025
Priced records
177

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How does Spectrum Energy Development compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Spectrum Energy Development ranks 883rd among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $2.68/W is about 37% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 35.1 kW, is about 5.9 times 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. 2% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include JOHN LAVENDER (216), Nor Cal Contracting (215) and North Bay Solar Electric (215).

How has Spectrum Energy Development's installation volume changed?

Spectrum Energy Development's earliest dated installation on record is from 2008. It has recorded installations in 16 calendar years. The busiest year was 2020, with 36 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 11. Its median price per watt moved from $7.00/W in 2012 to $2.80/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 1, 2025.

Where does Spectrum Energy Development install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Stockton, CA (22), Lindsay, CA (17), Chico, CA (15), Madera, CA (13) and Goshen, CA (13).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Spectrum Energy Development completed?

PanelCensus records 215 installations by Spectrum Energy Development, from Jul 31, 2008 to Dec 1, 2025, totalling 13.9 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Spectrum Energy Development charge for solar?

The median installed price across 177 priced systems is $2.68/W before incentives (median system 35.1 kW, about $125,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Spectrum Energy Development install solar?

All 215 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Stockton.

Is Spectrum Energy Development still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Spectrum Energy Development in the public records is dated Dec 1, 2025; 2025 has 11 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Spectrum Energy Development install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Spectrum Energy Development install battery storage?

4 recorded installations by Spectrum Energy Development (2%) 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, “Spectrum Energy Development, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/spectrum-energy-development-11948 (data as of September 21, 2026).