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Chinchen Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #2627 resolved from 19 public installation records.

Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data).

At a glance

Chinchen Electric is a solar installer with 19 recorded installations totalling 249 kW, dated 2014 to 2024. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3192nd of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 5,419th of 10,840 nationally.

Recorded installs
19
Total capacity
249 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
9.4 kW
≈ $39,000
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2024

Track record

Install volume by year

2014
5
2015
7
2016
1
2017
1
2018
2
2020
1
2021
1
2024
1

Recorded installs per year.

Equipment

Module, inverter and battery brands

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
May 14, 2024Gridley, CA82 kW$55,555Host-owned
Jan 21, 2021Biggs, CA12.8 kW$39,000Host-owned
Mar 21, 2020Richvale, CA9.4 kW$28,200Host-owned
Oct 22, 2018Biggs, CA19.9 kW$50,000Host-owned
Feb 18, 2018Yuba City, CA9 kW$39,000Host-owned
May 3, 2017Gridley, CA8.7 kW$31,500Host-owned
May 20, 2016Chico, CA8.1 kW$32,950Host-owned
Jul 17, 2015Orland, CA6.6 kW—Host-owned
Jul 13, 2015Chico, CA9.4 kW$56,889Host-owned
Jun 19, 2015Gridley, CA12.3 kW—Host-owned

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Service geography

California
19

Busiest cities

Gridley, CA 6Chico, CA 5Oroville, CA 3Biggs, CA 2Orland, CA 1Yuba City, CA 1Richvale, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-2627
First recorded install
Jan 3, 2014
Last recorded install
May 14, 2024
Priced records
8

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How does Chinchen Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Chinchen Electric ranks 3192nd among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 9.4 kW, is about 58% above 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 California State Building Contractors (19), Cam Electric (19) and Carrillo Labrada Construction (19).

How has Chinchen Electric's installation volume changed?

Chinchen Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2014. It has recorded installations in 8 calendar years. The busiest year was 2015, with 7 installations. 2024, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $6.08/W in 2015 to $0.68/W in 2024. The most recent recorded installation is dated May 14, 2024.

Where does Chinchen Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Gridley, CA (6), Chico, CA (5), Oroville, CA (3), Biggs, CA (2) and Orland, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Chinchen Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 19 installations by Chinchen Electric, from Jan 3, 2014 to May 14, 2024, totalling 249 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Chinchen Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 8 priced systems from all years is $3.34/W before incentives (median system 9.4 kW, about $39,000). 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 Chinchen Electric install solar?

All 19 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Gridley.

Is Chinchen Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Chinchen Electric in the public records is dated May 14, 2024; 2024 has 1 recorded installation. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.

Does Chinchen Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Chinchen Electric install battery storage?

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

Related installers and places

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.

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, “Chinchen Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/chinchen-electric-2627 (data as of September 21, 2026).