Positive Energy
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Solar installer based in New Mexico · installer record #9456 resolved from 4,079 public installation records.
Data through: through Dec 2025 (LBNL Tracking the Sun; this installer's states have no monthly source yet).
At a glance
Positive Energy is a solar installer with 4,079 recorded installations totalling 26.9 MW, dated 2008 to 2025. All of its records are in New Mexico, where it ranks 1st of 153 profiled installers by volume and 115th of 10,840 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2025 is $4.55/W before incentives, across 314 priced systems.
From the company
Established in 1997, Positive Energy Solar is New Mexico’s local, trusted, and employee-owned solar company, serving the residential and commercial markets across New Mexico. Operating from offices in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, they offer a comprehensive suite of services, including solar and battery installations, solar maintenance, and custom solar carports. Known for their exceptional service, depth of expertise, and high-quality installations, Positive Energy Solar has built a long-standing reputation in the community as the go-to source for long-term reliability and peace of mind.
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 | Positive Energy | New Mexico median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 314 | $4.55/W | $4.16/W | +9% |
| 2024 | 369 | $4.81/W | $4.44/W | +8% |
| 2023 | 510 | $4.86/W | $4.69/W | +4% |
| 2022 | 513 | $4.64/W | $4.53/W | +2% |
| 2021 | 398 | $4.24/W | $4.28/W | −1% |
| 2020 | 356 | $4.39/W | $4.19/W | +5% |
| 2016 | 119 | $5.07/W | $4.50/W | +13% |
| 2015 | 318 | $5.47/W | $4.50/W | +22% |
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.
Reported by Positive Energy
Median $4.28/W · average $4.55/W across 506 jobs, 2025-01 to 2026-10.
How they calculate it: Solar-only residential systems, based on total system cost on customer agreement. Includes all installation types (ground-mounted has a higher $/W and skews the average).
Self-reported by an owner-verified account, updated Oct 22, 2026; not checked against the public record.
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.
Equipment
Module, inverter and battery brands
| Equipment | Year | Main brands (share of systems that reported one) | Year before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modules | 2025232 reported | REC 72% · Mission Solar 25% · Qcells 3% | REC 75%2024, 254 reported |
Manufacturer on each recorded installation, as filed with the state program (Tracking the Sun for earlier years). Brand names are grouped by manufacturer family (e.g. Hanwha Q CELLS and Qcells North America count as Qcells). Not every state reports equipment, and battery brands come mainly from California and New Jersey.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | Tijeras, NM | 9.8 kW | $44,839 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Santa Fe, NM | 9.6 kW | $45,222 | Host-owned |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Santa Fe, NM | 6 kW | $34,892 | Host-owned |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Santa Fe, NM | 11.9 kW | $44,966 | Host-owned |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Santa Fe, NM | 9.2 kW | $39,697 | Host-owned |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Santa Fe, NM | 3.4 kW | $14,662 | Host-owned |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Corrales, NM | 11.9 kW | $65,599 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Santa Fe, NM | 4.2 kW | $22,522 | Host-owned |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Santa Fe, NM | 3.4 kW | $42,958 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Santa Fe, NM | 8.2 kW | $44,400 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- New Mexico
- 4,079
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-9456
- First recorded install
- Mar 28, 2008
- Last recorded install
- Dec 31, 2025
- Priced records
- 4,059
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How does Positive Energy compare with other installers in New Mexico?
By recorded installations Positive Energy ranks 1st among the 153 installers based in New Mexico with five or more records. Its 2025 solar-only median of $4.55/W is roughly in line with the New Mexico median of $4.16/W on the same basis. Its median system, 5.9 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.8 kW. 5% include battery storage, compared with 2% of New Mexico records. Installers of similar recorded volume in New Mexico include Affordable Solar (3,230), Solar Works Energy (2,297) and Consolidated Solar Tech (1,441).
How has Positive Energy's installation volume changed?
Positive Energy's earliest dated installation on record is from 2008. It has recorded installations in 16 calendar years. The busiest year was 2022, with 556 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 379. Its median price per watt moved from $8.74/W in 2008 to $4.80/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 31, 2025.
Where does Positive Energy install solar?
All recorded installations are in New Mexico. The cities with the most of its installations are Santa Fe, NM (1,499), Albuquerque, NM (1,266), Las Cruces, NM (374), Rio Rancho, NM (160) and Corrales, NM (109).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Positive Energy completed?
PanelCensus records 4,079 installations by Positive Energy, from Mar 28, 2008 to Dec 31, 2025, totalling 26.9 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Positive Energy charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2025, the median reported price is $4.55/W before incentives, across 314 priced systems. The New Mexico median on the same basis is $4.16/W. Across all 4,059 priced systems since 2008, including battery systems, the median is $5.03/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 Positive Energy install solar?
All 4,079 recorded installations are in New Mexico, the most of them in Santa Fe.
Is Positive Energy still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Positive Energy in the public records is dated Dec 31, 2025; 2025 has 379 recorded installations. Records here run through Dec 2025 (LBNL Tracking the Sun; this installer's states have no monthly source yet), so the newest installations may not appear yet.
Does Positive Energy install battery storage?
186 recorded installations by Positive Energy (5%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
- All solar installers in New Mexico· 153 profiles
- Solar installations in New Mexico· 62,541 records
- Affordable Solar· 3,230 installations
- Solar Works Energy· 2,297 installations
- Consolidated Solar Tech· 1,441 installations
- Sunspot Solar Energy· 1,202 installations
- Nm Solar Group· 1,039 installations
- Solar Smart Living· 463 installations
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, “Positive Energy, solar installer (New Mexico)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/new-mexico/positive-energy-9456 (data as of September 21, 2026).