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Swinerton Builders

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Solar installer based in California · active in 2 states · installer record #12719 resolved from 41 public installation records.

Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data); its other state through Dec 2025 (LBNL Tracking the Sun).

At a glance

Swinerton Builders is a solar installer with 41 recorded installations totalling 25.8 MW, dated 2010 to 2019. Its records are concentrated in California (98%), where it ranks 2197th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 3,696th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 19 priced systems from all years is $3.04/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
41
Total capacity
25.8 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
313 kW
≈ $796,287
Median price
$3.04/W
all years · 19 priced
Third-party owned
41%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
7%
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2019

Track record

Install volume by year

2010
4
2011
13
2012
1
2013
1
2014
5
2017
7
2018
3
2019
7

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 9, 2019San Mateo, CA761.4 kW$800,000Third-party
Nov 19, 2019San Mateo, CA90.8 kW$100,000Third-party
Oct 8, 2019Lemon Grove, CA131.9 kW$415,044Third-party
Sep 9, 2019San Diego, CA427.8 kW$1,694,587Host-owned
Mar 18, 2019Inglewood, CA208.6 kW$634,052Third-party · battery
Mar 18, 2019Inglewood, CA334.1 kW$800,418Third-party · battery
Mar 12, 2019Inglewood, CA596.5 kW$1,514,972Third-party · battery
Dec 27, 2018El Cajon, CA172.9 kW$150,000Third-party
Jan 17, 2018Inglewood, CA38.4 kW$100,000Third-party
Jan 11, 2018Inglewood, CA154.9 kW$504,880Third-party

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Service geography

Busiest cities

Inglewood, CA 8Brawley, CA 4Jacumba, CA 4San Diego, CA 4El Cajon, CA 3Irvine, CA 3San Mateo, CA 2La Mesa, CA 2

Record

Installer ID
PC-12719
First recorded install
Jul 6, 2010
Last recorded install
Dec 9, 2019
Priced records
19

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How does Swinerton Builders compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Swinerton Builders ranks 2197th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.04/W is about 29% below the California median of $4.26/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 313 kW, is about 53 times the state median of 5.9 kW. 41% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 7% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Southbay Nrg (41), Standard Pacific Homes (41) and Sunrise (41).

How has Swinerton Builders's installation volume changed?

Swinerton Builders's earliest dated installation on record is from 2010. It has recorded installations in 8 calendar years. The busiest year was 2011, with 13 installations. 2019, its latest year with records, has 7. Its median price per watt moved from $5.47/W in 2010 to $2.54/W in 2019. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 9, 2019. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Swinerton Builders install solar?

Recorded installations span 2 states: California (40, 98%) and Arizona (1, 2%). The cities with the most of its installations are Inglewood, CA (8), Brawley, CA (4), Jacumba, CA (4), San Diego, CA (4) and El Cajon, CA (3).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Swinerton Builders completed?

PanelCensus records 41 installations by Swinerton Builders, from Jul 6, 2010 to Dec 9, 2019, totalling 25.8 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Swinerton Builders charge for solar?

The median installed price across 19 priced systems from all years is $3.04/W before incentives (median system 313 kW, about $796,287). 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 Swinerton Builders install solar?

Recorded installs span 2 states, led by California (40) and Arizona (1). Its busiest city is Inglewood, CA.

Is Swinerton Builders still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Swinerton Builders in the public records is dated Dec 9, 2019; 2019 has 7 recorded installations. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data); its other state through Dec 2025 (LBNL Tracking the Sun), so the newest installations may not appear yet.

Does Swinerton Builders install leased or PPA solar systems?

17 recorded installations by Swinerton Builders (41%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Swinerton Builders install battery storage?

3 recorded installations by Swinerton Builders (7%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.

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, “Swinerton Builders, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/swinerton-builders-12719 (data as of September 21, 2026).