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Carnahan Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #2402 resolved from 65 public installation records.

At a glance

Carnahan Electric is a solar installer with 65 recorded installations totalling 439 kW, dated 2002 to 2021. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1825th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,992nd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 53 priced systems is $6.25/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
65
Total capacity
439 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.3 kW
≈ $38,900
Median price
$6.25/W
pre-incentive · 53 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
3%
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2021

Track record

Install volume by year

2002
1
2004
1
2006
1
2007
1
2008
1$7.62/W
2009
10$6.50/W
2010
20$6.16/W
2011
14$6.80/W
2012
6$5.25/W
2014
2
2015
1
2016
2$5.27/W
2018
4$5.49/W
2021
2$4.38/W

Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Apr 19, 2021Diamond Springs, CA14.5 kW$63,387Host-owned
Feb 16, 2021Fair Oaks, CA2 kW$3,500—
Nov 21, 2018Rescue, CA7.1 kW$38,900Host-owned
Aug 6, 2018Rescue, CA7.1 kW$38,900Host-owned
May 18, 2018Georgetown, CA11.8 kW$63,986Host-owned
Mar 2, 2018El Dorado, CA3.5 kW$25,149Host-owned
Apr 29, 2016Placerville, CA5.1 kW$35,500Host-owned
Apr 11, 2016Placerville, CA4.7 kW$17,000Host-owned
Mar 16, 2015Shingle Springs, CA11 kW—Host-owned
Sep 15, 2014Garden Valley, CA3.7 kW—Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

Busiest cities

Placerville, CA 26Somerset, CA 9Shingle Springs, CA 9Rescue, CA 5Cameron Park, CA 3El Dorado, CA 2

Record

Installer ID
PC-2402
First recorded install
Dec 10, 2002
Last recorded install
Apr 19, 2021
Priced records
53

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How does Carnahan Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Carnahan Electric ranks 1825th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $6.25/W is about 47% above the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.3 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. 3% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Blue Sky Energy (66), Durst Construction (66) and Acs (66).

How has Carnahan Electric's installation volume changed?

Carnahan Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2002. It has recorded installations in 14 calendar years. The busiest year was 2010, with 20 installations. 2021, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $7.62/W in 2008 to $4.38/W in 2021. The most recent recorded installation is dated Apr 19, 2021. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Carnahan Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Placerville, CA (26), Somerset, CA (9), Shingle Springs, CA (9), Rescue, CA (5) and Cameron Park, CA (3).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Carnahan Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 65 installations by Carnahan Electric, from Dec 10, 2002 to Apr 19, 2021, totalling 439 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Carnahan Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 53 priced systems is $6.25/W before incentives (median system 6.3 kW, about $38,900). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Carnahan Electric install solar?

All 65 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Placerville.

Is Carnahan Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Carnahan Electric in the public records is dated Apr 19, 2021; 2021 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Carnahan Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Carnahan Electric install battery storage?

2 recorded installations by Carnahan Electric (3%) 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, “Carnahan Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/carnahan-electric-2402 (data as of September 21, 2026).