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Buck Electric

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Solar installer based in California · active in 2 states · installer record #2062 resolved from 19 public installation records.

At a glance

Buck Electric is a solar installer with 19 recorded installations totalling 135 kW, dated 2003 to 2019. Its records are concentrated in California (95%), where it ranks 3111th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 5,270th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 12 priced systems from all years is $4.91/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
19
Total capacity
135 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
5.9 kW
≈ $26,584
Median price
$4.91/W
all years · 12 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2019

Track record

Install volume by year

2003
2
2004
1
2005
1
2011
1
2014
9
2015
2
2016
1
2017
1
2019
1

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Mar 27, 2019Lakeside, CA1.2 kW$12,000Host-owned
Apr 4, 2017Poway, CA5.9 kW$16,588Host-owned
Apr 29, 2016Alpine, CA8.1 kW$30,283Host-owned
Dec 30, 2015Valley Center, CA2.3 kW$11,078Host-owned
Oct 28, 2015Valley Center, CA2.8 kW$14,634Host-owned
Dec 5, 2014San Diego, CA1.8 kW——
Dec 3, 2014Poway, CA1.5 kW——
Nov 26, 2014Poway, CA6.1 kW——
Sep 9, 2014San Diego, CA5.5 kW$25,800Host-owned
Sep 5, 2014Lakeside, CA10.3 kW$40,221Host-owned

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Service geography

Busiest cities

Poway, CA 9San Diego, CA 3Valley Center, CA 2Lakeside, CA 2Alpine, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-2062
First recorded install
Oct 10, 2003
Last recorded install
Mar 27, 2019
Priced records
12

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How does Buck Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Buck Electric ranks 3111th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $4.91/W is about 15% above the California median of $4.26/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 5.9 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 0% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Aripez Electric (19), Asolia New Energy (19) and Beverson Electric (19).

How has Buck Electric's installation volume changed?

Buck Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2003. It has recorded installations in 9 calendar years. The busiest year was 2014, with 9 installations. 2019, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $4.89/W in 2004 to $9.76/W in 2019. The most recent recorded installation is dated Mar 27, 2019. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Buck Electric install solar?

Recorded installations span 2 states: California (18, 95%) and Arizona (1, 5%). The cities with the most of its installations are Poway, CA (9), San Diego, CA (3), Valley Center, CA (2), Lakeside, CA (2) and Alpine, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Buck Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 19 installations by Buck Electric, from Oct 10, 2003 to Mar 27, 2019, totalling 135 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Buck Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 12 priced systems from all years is $4.91/W before incentives (median system 5.9 kW, about $26,584). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.

Where does Buck Electric install solar?

Recorded installs span 2 states, led by California (18) and Arizona (1). Its busiest city is Poway, CA.

Is Buck Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Buck Electric in the public records is dated Mar 27, 2019; 2019 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Buck Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

0 recorded installations by Buck Electric (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Buck Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Buck Electric (0%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

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, “Buck Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/buck-electric-2062 (data as of September 21, 2026).