Sun Energy Builders
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #12244 resolved from 628 public installation records.
At a glance
Sun Energy Builders is a solar installer with 628 recorded installations totalling 4.7 MW, dated 2007 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 369th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 611th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $4.15/W before incentives, across 257 priced systems.
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 | Sun Energy Builders | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | $3.01/W | $3.29/W | −9% |
| 2024 | 52 | $4.15/W | $3.80/W | +9% |
| 2023 | 197 | $4.20/W | $4.06/W | +3% |
| 2022 | 83 | $4.41/W | $4.11/W | +7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2025 | Huntington Beach, CA | 7.3 kW | $35,512 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 24, 2025 | Huntington Beach, CA | 9.1 kW | $32,359 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 24, 2025 | Huntington Beach, CA | 11.5 kW | $35,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Buena Park, CA | 6.2 kW | $21,439 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Fullerton, CA | 8.6 kW | $32,200 | Host-owned · battery |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Santa Ana, CA | 2.2 kW | $5,460 | Host-owned |
| Nov 8, 2025 | Lake Forest, CA | 6.5 kW | $5,142 | Host-owned |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Costa Mesa, CA | 7.7 kW | $1 | Third-party · battery |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Garden Grove, CA | 2.5 kW | $7,701 | Host-owned |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Trabuco Canyon, CA | 13.8 kW | $1 | Third-party · battery |
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Service geography
- California
- 628
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-12244
- First recorded install
- Mar 1, 2007
- Last recorded install
- Dec 24, 2025
- Priced records
- 542
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How does Sun Energy Builders compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Sun Energy Builders ranks 369th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $4.15/W is roughly in line with the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 7 kW, is about 18% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 7% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 34% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Sustainable Energy Group (631), Sun Pacific Solar Electric (630) and Brower Mechanical (629).
How has Sun Energy Builders's installation volume changed?
Sun Energy Builders's earliest dated installation on record is from 2007. It has recorded installations in 5 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 272 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 41. Its median price per watt moved from $4.55/W in 2022 to $3.74/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 24, 2025.
Where does Sun Energy Builders install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Poway, CA (62), Huntington Beach, CA (32), Corona, CA (29), Fullerton, CA (27) and Irvine, CA (22).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Sun Energy Builders completed?
PanelCensus records 628 installations by Sun Energy Builders, from Mar 1, 2007 to Dec 24, 2025, totalling 4.7 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Sun Energy Builders charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $4.15/W before incentives, across 257 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 542 priced systems since 2007, including battery systems, the median is $4.41/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 Sun Energy Builders install solar?
All 628 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Poway.
Is Sun Energy Builders still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Sun Energy Builders in the public records is dated Dec 24, 2025; 2025 has 41 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Sun Energy Builders install leased or PPA solar systems?
42 recorded installations by Sun Energy Builders (7%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Sun Energy Builders install battery storage?
211 recorded installations by Sun Energy Builders (34%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
- All solar installers in California· 6,010 profiles
- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
- Sustainable Energy Group· 631 installations
- Sun Pacific Solar Electric· 630 installations
- Brower Mechanical· 629 installations
- Green Air Heating And Air Conditioning· 626 installations
- Homegrown Energy Solutions· 626 installations
- Suncraft Solar· 626 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, “Sun Energy Builders, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/sun-energy-builders-12244 (data as of September 21, 2026).