Solar installer

Next Step Energy

Installed solar on 39 homes since 2023 in Wisconsin. Installing since 2012. Latest install on record: July 2025.

Homes since 2023: 39
Median price: $3.12/W
Typical system: 8.1 kW
Leased or PPA: 0%

Price

Homes that bought their system from Next Step Energy paid a median $3.12/W installed, and the middle half paid $2.88/W–$3.49/W (22 systems since 2023, before incentives). That's $0.80 a watt below the Wisconsin median of $3.92/W.

Where it installs

Counties with homes it installed since 2023, busiest first.

Eau Claire County, WI · 24 Dunn County, WI · 9 Pierce County, WI · 2 Buffalo County, WI · 1 Chippewa County, WI · 1 St. Croix County, WI · 1 Wood County, WI · 1

By state

State	Homes	Median
Wisconsin	39	$3.12/W

Homes installed since 2023.

Installed prices and installers from public installation records: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Tracking the Sun (systems installed through 2025) and state program files from California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois and Oregon, which run into 2026. Prices are in dollars per watt of panel capacity (DC), before rebates and tax credits, for homes that bought their system; leased systems and systems with batteries are left out.