Sterling Solar
No recent recordsSolar installer based in California · installer record #12088 resolved from 45 public installation records.
At a glance
Sterling Solar is a solar installer with 45 recorded installations totalling 420 kW, dated 2013 to 2020. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2088th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 3,511th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 31 priced systems from all years is $3.66/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 | Sterling Solar | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | $3.77/W | $4.05/W | −7% |
| 2016 | 14 | $3.76/W | $4.37/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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2020 | San Diego, CA | 7.4 kW | $21,400 | Host-owned |
| Jan 28, 2019 | Ramona, CA | 9.6 kW | $34,000 | Host-owned |
| Dec 26, 2018 | Ramona, CA | 12 kW | $40,800 | Host-owned |
| Apr 21, 2018 | Ramona, CA | 10.5 kW | $36,750 | Host-owned |
| Jan 25, 2018 | Ramona, CA | 14.4 kW | $54,720 | Host-owned |
| Aug 31, 2017 | Laguna Hills, CA | 12.2 kW | $43,945 | Host-owned |
| Aug 23, 2017 | Laguna Hills, CA | 12.3 kW | $41,226 | Host-owned |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Laguna Hills, CA | 24.6 kW | $94,956 | Host-owned |
| Mar 27, 2017 | San Diego, CA | 5.4 kW | $22,700 | Third-party |
| Mar 17, 2017 | Laguna Niguel, CA | 8.6 kW | $34,311 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-12088
- First recorded install
- Mar 12, 2013
- Last recorded install
- Apr 2, 2020
- Priced records
- 31
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How does Sterling Solar compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Sterling Solar ranks 2088th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.66/W is about 14% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 8 kW, is about 35% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 2% 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 Snow Solar Systems (45), Solar Century (45) and Solion Construction (45).
How has Sterling Solar's installation volume changed?
Sterling Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2013. It has recorded installations in 8 calendar years. The busiest year was 2016, with 14 installations. 2020, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $3.62/W in 2015 to $2.91/W in 2020. The most recent recorded installation is dated Apr 2, 2020. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.
Where does Sterling Solar install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Ramona, CA (10), Laguna Hills, CA (8), San Diego, CA (6), Lakeside, CA (2) and Escondido, CA (2).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Sterling Solar completed?
PanelCensus records 45 installations by Sterling Solar, from Mar 12, 2013 to Apr 2, 2020, totalling 420 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Sterling Solar charge for solar?
The median installed price across 31 priced systems from all years is $3.66/W before incentives (median system 8 kW, about $33,584). 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 Sterling Solar install solar?
All 45 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Ramona.
Is Sterling Solar still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Sterling Solar in the public records is dated Apr 2, 2020; 2020 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Sterling Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?
1 recorded installation by Sterling Solar (2%) is third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Sterling Solar install battery storage?
0 recorded installations by Sterling Solar (0%) 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, “Sterling Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/sterling-solar-12088 (data as of September 21, 2026).