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Solar installations in Rutland County, VT

301 recorded installations in Rutland County, Vermont — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Homes with solar
0.89%
of 33,974 homes
Installations
301
Total capacity
49.4 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
7%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4.1 hail and 2.4 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 684 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 44% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

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Top installers in Rutland County

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2009
1
10.00%
2012
1
20.01%
2013
4
60.02%
2014
4
100.03%
2015
13
230.07%
2016
34
570.17%
2017
20
770.23%
2018
42
1190.35%
2019
56
1750.52%
2020
37
2120.62%
2021
32
2440.72%
2022
21
2650.78%
2023
17
2820.83%
2024
19
3010.89%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Rutland County?

PanelCensus records 301 solar installations in Rutland County, Vermont (49.4 MW of capacity) — about 0.89% of the county's 33,974 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Vermont's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Rutland County?

Not enough priced records in this county to compute a reliable median.

Who installs solar in Rutland County?

The most active recorded installers in Rutland County are Sunrun, Same Sun Of Vermont, Suncommon.

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.