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Sunline Energy

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #12441 resolved from 5,495 public installation records.

At a glance

Sunline Energy is a solar installer with 5,495 recorded installations totalling 33.8 MW, dated 2012 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 47th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 68th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 4,789 priced systems is $3.74/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
5,495
Total capacity
33.8 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
5.9 kW
≈ $23,333
Median price
$3.74/W
pre-incentive · 4,789 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
14%
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2012
4$4.17/W
2013
89$4.45/W
2014
242$3.90/W
2015
307$4.23/W
2016
409$4.05/W
2017
216$3.28/W
2018
312$3.25/W
2019
485$3.29/W
2020
518$3.45/W
2021
585$3.53/W
2022
790$3.73/W
2023
775$3.90/W
2024
536$4.13/W
2025
364$5.31/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 31, 2025Solana Beach, CA—$24,556Host-owned · battery
Dec 31, 2025Encinitas, CA8.4 kW$34,840Host-owned · battery
Dec 30, 2025Bonita, CA7.4 kW$35,500Host-owned · battery
Dec 29, 2025Chula Vista, CA5.7 kW$28,246Host-owned · battery
Dec 26, 2025Oceanside, CA—$26,612Host-owned · battery
Dec 26, 2025Poway, CA—$25,975Host-owned · battery
Dec 26, 2025San Diego, CA—$16,800Host-owned · battery
Dec 26, 2025Del Mar, CA—$15,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 26, 2025Encinitas, CA5.7 kW$31,655Host-owned · battery
Dec 26, 2025San Diego, CA7.5 kW$34,070Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

California
5,632

Busiest cities

San Diego, CA 2,540Chula Vista, CA 287Escondido, CA 235Carlsbad, CA 224San Marcos, CA 184Poway, CA 179Oceanside, CA 166La Mesa, CA 150

Record

Installer ID
PC-12441
First recorded install
Sep 26, 2012
Last recorded install
Dec 31, 2025
Priced records
4,789

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How does Sunline Energy compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Sunline Energy ranks 47th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.74/W is about 12% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 5.9 kW, is roughly in line with 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. 14% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include 1St Light Energy (6,496), Quality Homes Services (6,115) and Lifestyle Solar (5,599).

How has Sunline Energy's installation volume changed?

Sunline Energy's earliest dated installation on record is from 2012. It has recorded installations in 14 calendar years. The busiest year was 2022, with 790 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 364. Its median price per watt moved from $4.17/W in 2012 to $5.31/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 31, 2025.

Where does Sunline Energy install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (2,540), Chula Vista, CA (287), Escondido, CA (235), Carlsbad, CA (224) and San Marcos, CA (184).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Sunline Energy completed?

PanelCensus records 5,495 installations by Sunline Energy, from Sep 26, 2012 to Dec 31, 2025, totalling 33.8 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Sunline Energy charge for solar?

The median installed price across 4,789 priced systems is $3.74/W before incentives (median system 5.9 kW, about $23,333). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Sunline Energy install solar?

All 5,495 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Diego.

Is Sunline Energy still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Sunline Energy in the public records is dated Dec 31, 2025; 2025 has 364 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Sunline Energy install leased or PPA solar systems?

4 recorded installations by Sunline Energy (under 1%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Sunline Energy install battery storage?

752 recorded installations by Sunline Energy (14%) 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, “Sunline Energy, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/sunline-energy-12441 (data as of September 21, 2026).