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Css Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #3184 resolved from 172 public installation records.

At a glance

Css Electric is a solar installer with 172 recorded installations totalling 1.3 MW, dated 2016 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1023rd of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 1,632nd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 169 priced systems is $3.57/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
172
Total capacity
1.3 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.7 kW
≈ $22,777
Median price
$3.57/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
29%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
5%
First recorded
2016
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2016
1$4.00/W
2017
48$3.57/W
2018
21$3.03/W
2019
16$3.56/W
2020
15$3.39/W
2021
19$3.10/W
2022
12$3.48/W
2023
29$3.28/W
2024
9$5.03/W
2025
2$4.78/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Sep 17, 2025Atwater, CA4.9 kW$26,340Host-owned · battery
Sep 5, 2025Sonora, CA18.8 kW$77,500Host-owned · battery
Nov 19, 2024Gilroy, CA3.2 kW$15,438Host-owned · battery
Nov 19, 2024Atwater, CA6.6 kW$32,976Host-owned · battery
Aug 26, 2024Merced, CA21 kW$106,000Host-owned · battery
Jun 11, 2024Newman, CA22.4 kW$80,000Host-owned
Jun 1, 2024Atwater, CA7.3 kW$25,151Host-owned
May 23, 2024Merced, CA6 kW$30,700Host-owned · battery
May 6, 2024San Mateo, CA4.5 kW$28,489Host-owned
Feb 26, 2024Los Banos, CA10.8 kW$65,800Host-owned

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Service geography

California
172

Busiest cities

Los Banos, CA 28Merced, CA 19Dos Palos, CA 13Atwater, CA 9Livingston, CA 6San Jose, CA 6Fresno, CA 5Tracy, CA 4

Record

Installer ID
PC-3184
First recorded install
Oct 20, 2016
Last recorded install
Sep 17, 2025
Priced records
169

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How does Css Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Css Electric ranks 1023rd among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.57/W is about 16% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.7 kW, is about 14% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 29% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 5% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Energythe (173), Extreme Solar Solutions (173) and Sun Capital Energy (173).

How has Css Electric's installation volume changed?

Css Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2016. It has recorded installations in 10 calendar years. The busiest year was 2017, with 48 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $4.00/W in 2016 to $4.78/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Sep 17, 2025.

Where does Css Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Los Banos, CA (28), Merced, CA (19), Dos Palos, CA (13), Atwater, CA (9) and Livingston, CA (6).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Css Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 172 installations by Css Electric, from Oct 20, 2016 to Sep 17, 2025, totalling 1.3 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Css Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 169 priced systems is $3.57/W before incentives (median system 6.7 kW, about $22,777). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Css Electric install solar?

All 172 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Los Banos.

Is Css Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Css Electric in the public records is dated Sep 17, 2025; 2025 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Css Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Css Electric install battery storage?

9 recorded installations by Css Electric (5%) 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, “Css Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/css-electric-3184 (data as of September 21, 2026).