Prudent Living
Recently activeSolar installer based in Vermont · active in 2 states · installer record #9696 resolved from 66 public installation records.
At a glance
Prudent Living is a solar installer with 66 recorded installations totalling 1.5 MW, dated 2010 to 2025. Its records are concentrated in Vermont (77%), where it ranks 30th of 101 profiled installers by volume and 2,898th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 42 priced systems from all years is $3.87/W before incentives.
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 | Prudent Living | Vermont median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | $2.99/W | — | — |
| 2015 | 8 | $3.35/W | $4.39/W | −24% |
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 the last year of data. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2025 | Windsor, VT | 13.1 kW | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Windsor, VT | 14.9 kW | — | — |
| Nov 3, 2024 | Ludlow Town, VT | 13.5 kW | — | Host-owned |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Weathersfield, VT | 39.2 kW | — | Host-owned |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Perkinsville, VT | 8.2 kW | — | Host-owned |
| Sep 13, 2023 | Hartford, VT | 4.1 kW | — | Host-owned |
| Feb 16, 2023 | N Springfield, VT | 386.1 kW | — | Host-owned |
| Jan 17, 2023 | West Windsor, VT | 13.5 kW | — | — |
| Aug 1, 2022 | Windsor, VT | 27 kW | — | — |
| Mar 14, 2022 | West Windsor, VT | 10.9 kW | — | Host-owned · battery |
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Service geography
- Vermont
- 51
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-9696
- First recorded install
- Jun 10, 2010
- Last recorded install
- Aug 26, 2025
- Priced records
- 42
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How does Prudent Living compare with other installers in Vermont?
By recorded installations Prudent Living ranks 30th among the 101 installers based in Vermont with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.87/W is about 20% below the Vermont median of $4.85/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 8.5 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 8.3 kW. 0% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 9% across Vermont. 5% include battery storage, compared with 18% of Vermont records. Installers of similar recorded volume in Vermont include VT Star Solar (80), Smith Mcclain (74) and Central Vermont Solar Wind (66).
How has Prudent Living's installation volume changed?
Prudent Living's earliest dated installation on record is from 2010. It has recorded installations in 15 calendar years. The busiest year was 2013, with 10 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $5.91/W in 2010 to $2.81/W in 2017. The most recent recorded installation is dated Aug 26, 2025.
Where does Prudent Living install solar?
Recorded installations span 2 states: Vermont (51, 77%) and New Hampshire (15, 23%). The cities with the most of its installations are Windsor, VT (8), West Windsor, VT (7), Norwich, VT (7), Plainfield, NH (5) and Wilder, VT (3).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Prudent Living completed?
PanelCensus records 66 installations by Prudent Living, from Jun 10, 2010 to Aug 26, 2025, totalling 1.5 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Prudent Living charge for solar?
The median installed price across 42 priced systems from all years is $3.87/W before incentives (median system 8.5 kW, about $27,145). The Vermont median is $4.85/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.
Where does Prudent Living install solar?
Recorded installs span 2 states, led by Vermont (51) and New Hampshire (15). Its busiest city is Windsor, VT.
Is Prudent Living still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Prudent Living in the public records is dated Aug 26, 2025; 2025 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Prudent Living install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Prudent Living (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across Vermont the share is 9%.
Does Prudent Living install battery storage?
3 recorded installations by Prudent Living (5%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
- All solar installers in Vermont· 101 profiles
- Solar installations in Vermont· 35,383 records
- VT Star Solar· 80 installations
- Smith Mcclain· 74 installations
- Central Vermont Solar Wind· 66 installations
- Omeara Solar· 66 installations
- Rebecca Payne· 58 installations
- Donald F Schroeder Master Electrician Plc· 54 installations
- Solar in New Hampshire· 15 by Prudent Living
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, “Prudent Living, solar installer (Vermont)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/vermont/prudent-living-9696 (data as of September 21, 2026).