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Sunspot Mechanical Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #76510 resolved from 5 public installation records.

At a glance

Sunspot Mechanical Electric is a solar installer with 5 recorded installations totalling 32 kW, dated 2011 to 2014. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 5988th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 10,471st of 10,537 nationally.

Recorded installs
5
Total capacity
32 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.1 kW
≈ $20,840
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2014

Track record

Install volume by year

2011
2$5.52/W
2012
1$5.23/W
2013
1$3.41/W
2014
1$3.17/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 24, 2014San Diego, CA9.2 kW$29,065Host-owned
Jan 10, 2013La Mesa, CA6.1 kW$20,840Host-owned
Apr 6, 2012San Diego, CA3.1 kW$16,000Host-owned
Aug 2, 2011Solana Beach, CA10.1 kW$57,900Host-owned
Jul 30, 2011San Diego, CA3.4 kW$17,850Host-owned

Service geography

California
5

Busiest cities

San Diego, CA 3Solana Beach, CA 1La Mesa, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-76510
First recorded install
Jul 30, 2011
Last recorded install
Dec 24, 2014
Priced records
5

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How does Sunspot Mechanical Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Sunspot Mechanical Electric ranks 5988th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 6.1 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 0% 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 Sf Public Utility Commission (5), Steve Cooper (5) and Arrow Mechanical (5).

How has Sunspot Mechanical Electric's installation volume changed?

Sunspot Mechanical Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2011. It has recorded installations in 4 calendar years. The busiest year was 2011, with 2 installations. 2014, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $5.52/W in 2011 to $3.17/W in 2014. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 24, 2014. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Sunspot Mechanical Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (3), Solana Beach, CA (1) and La Mesa, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Sunspot Mechanical Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 5 installations by Sunspot Mechanical Electric, from Jul 30, 2011 to Dec 24, 2014, totalling 32 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Sunspot Mechanical Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 5 priced systems from all years is $5.23/W before incentives (median system 6.1 kW, about $20,840). 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 Sunspot Mechanical Electric install solar?

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

Is Sunspot Mechanical Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Sunspot Mechanical Electric in the public records is dated Dec 24, 2014; 2014 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Sunspot Mechanical Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

0 recorded installations by Sunspot Mechanical Electric (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Sunspot Mechanical Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Sunspot Mechanical Electric (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, “Sunspot Mechanical Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/sunspot-mechanical-electric-76510 (data as of September 21, 2026).