Solar installations in La Plata County, CO
3 recorded installations in La Plata County, Colorado — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
La Plata County, Colorado has 3 recorded solar installations totalling 4.8 MW of capacity — the 33rd-highest count among the 42 Colorado counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.01% of the county's 28,613 housing units, against 4.6% statewide.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
Search every recorded installation in La Plata County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 737 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 0% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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How does La Plata County compare with the rest of Colorado?
The median recorded system in La Plata County is 2100 kW, about 367 times the state median of 5.72 kW. 0% of installations here are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), compared with 27% across Colorado. None of the county's records include battery storage, against 2% statewide. Fewer than 30 systems here report an installed price, so no county price median is published.
How has solar adoption changed in La Plata County?
The earliest recorded installation in La Plata County dates to 2015. The busiest year on record is 2015, with 1 installation. 2024 has 1 recorded installation so far. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in La Plata County?
PanelCensus records 3 solar installations in La Plata County, Colorado (4.8 MW of capacity) — about 0.01% of the county's 28,613 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Colorado's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How much of the solar in La Plata County is leased?
0 recorded installations (0%) in La Plata County are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement, compared with 27% across Colorado.
How big is a typical solar system in La Plata County?
The median recorded system in La Plata County is 2,100 kW, against 5.7 kW for Colorado as a whole.
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County assignment is derived from installation ZIP codes via the Census 2020 ZCTA↔county crosswalk (primary county by land-area overlap) — approximate at county boundaries. Market penetration = recorded installations ÷ housing units (U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year, Table B25001); it undercounts where dataset coverage is partial. See methodology.
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 October 10, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Solar installations in La Plata County, Colorado”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/colorado/la-plata-county (data as of October 10, 2026).