Zero Energy Associates
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #14099 resolved from 857 public installation records.
At a glance
Zero Energy Associates is a solar installer with 857 recorded installations totalling 3.8 MW, dated 2007 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 294th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 479th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $3.66/W before incentives, across 19 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 | Zero Energy Associates | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15 | $3.66/W | $4.06/W | −10% |
| 2022 | 5 | $3.69/W | $4.11/W | −10% |
| 2021 | 7 | $3.19/W | $3.98/W | −20% |
| 2020 | 5 | $3.21/W | $3.97/W | −19% |
| 2019 | 8 | $3.40/W | $3.95/W | −14% |
| 2017 | 138 | $10.49/W | $4.05/W | +159% |
| 2016 | 332 | $11.34/W | $4.37/W | +159% |
| 2015 | 217 | $19.80/W | $4.58/W | +332% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2025 | Penngrove, CA | 9 kW | $85,919 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Santa Rosa, CA | 8.4 kW | $68,650 | Host-owned · battery |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Sebastopol, CA | — | — | Host-owned · battery |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Windsor, CA | 12.6 kW | $109,632 | Host-owned · battery |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Sebastopol, CA | 7.6 kW | $71,570 | Host-owned · battery |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Santa Rosa, CA | 10 kW | $76,121 | Host-owned · battery |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Santa Rosa, CA | 8 kW | $47,923 | Host-owned · battery |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Healdsburg, CA | 6.8 kW | $66,790 | Host-owned · battery |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Sebastopol, CA | 9.4 kW | $39,067 | Third-party |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Santa Rosa, CA | 9.4 kW | $95,178 | Host-owned · battery |
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Service geography
- California
- 857
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-14099
- First recorded install
- May 30, 2007
- Last recorded install
- Oct 23, 2025
- Priced records
- 803
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How does Zero Energy Associates compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Zero Energy Associates ranks 294th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $3.66/W is roughly in line with the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 2.6 kW, is about 56% below 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. 5% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Bright Life Solar (858), Velocity Solar Power (858) and Plug It In Solar (857).
How has Zero Energy Associates's installation volume changed?
Zero Energy Associates's earliest dated installation on record is from 2007. It has recorded installations in 19 calendar years. The busiest year was 2016, with 345 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 7. Its median price per watt moved from $9.71/W in 2007 to $8.40/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Oct 23, 2025.
Where does Zero Energy Associates install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Long Beach, CA (60), Santa Rosa, CA (51), Whittier, CA (46), Lakewood, CA (39) and La Mirada, CA (34).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Zero Energy Associates completed?
PanelCensus records 857 installations by Zero Energy Associates, from May 30, 2007 to Oct 23, 2025, totalling 3.8 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Zero Energy Associates charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $3.66/W before incentives, across 19 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 803 priced systems since 2007, including battery systems, the median is $10.88/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 Zero Energy Associates install solar?
All 857 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Long Beach.
Is Zero Energy Associates still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Zero Energy Associates in the public records is dated Oct 23, 2025; 2025 has 7 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Zero Energy Associates install leased or PPA solar systems?
1 recorded installation by Zero Energy Associates (under 1%) is third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Zero Energy Associates install battery storage?
40 recorded installations by Zero Energy Associates (5%) include a battery.
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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, “Zero Energy Associates, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/zero-energy-associates-14099 (data as of September 21, 2026).