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Cupertino Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #3198 resolved from 138 public installation records.

At a glance

Cupertino Electric is a solar installer with 138 recorded installations totalling 44.5 MW, dated 2008 to 2023. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1166th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 1,891st of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 86 priced systems is $3.87/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
138
Total capacity
44.5 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
177.3 kW
≈ $744,292
Median price
$3.87/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
14%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
7%
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2023

Track record

Install volume by year

2008
5$7.77/W
2009
7$6.38/W
2010
9$6.21/W
2011
26$4.07/W
2012
34$3.40/W
2013
42$3.78/W
2014
23$3.82/W
2015
36$3.86/W
2016
21$4.10/W
2018
3
2019
3$3.54/W
2020
3$1.04/W
2021
3$3.49/W
2022
1
2023
2$1.81/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Nov 16, 2023CA815.8 kW$1,475,742—
Nov 16, 2023San Jose, CA——Host-owned · battery
Jan 1, 2022Lost Hills, CA6,400 kW——
Feb 5, 2021Lost Hills, CA6,768.7 kW$7,000,000Third-party
Jan 27, 2021San Jose, CA180.1 kW$1,070,637Host-owned
Jan 1, 2021Foster City, CA1,300 kW$440,000—
Sep 15, 2020Firebaugh, CA5,773.3 kW$6,000,000Third-party
Jan 1, 2020San Pedro, CA1,200 kW$4,143,670—
Jan 1, 2020Firebaugh, CA5,700 kW$6,000,000—
Dec 6, 2019Foster City, CA305.9 kW$1,082,848Host-owned

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Service geography

California
218

Busiest cities

Clovis, CA 23San Bruno, CA 21San Jose, CA 21Tulare, CA 14Madera, CA 14Fresno, CA 12Mountain View, CA 7

Record

Installer ID
PC-3198
First recorded install
Oct 1, 2008
Last recorded install
Nov 16, 2023
Priced records
86

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How does Cupertino Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Cupertino Electric ranks 1166th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.87/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 177.3 kW, is about 30 times the state median of 5.9 kW. 14% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 7% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include A1 Electric (138), Alternative Energy Technologies (138) and Central Valley Energy Solutions (138).

How has Cupertino Electric's installation volume changed?

Cupertino Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2008. It has recorded installations in 15 calendar years. The busiest year was 2013, with 42 installations. 2023, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $7.77/W in 2008 to $1.81/W in 2023. The most recent recorded installation is dated Nov 16, 2023.

Where does Cupertino Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Clovis, CA (23), San Bruno, CA (21), San Jose, CA (21), Tulare, CA (14) and Madera, CA (14).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Cupertino Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 138 installations by Cupertino Electric, from Oct 1, 2008 to Nov 16, 2023, totalling 44.5 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Cupertino Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 86 priced systems is $3.87/W before incentives (median system 177.3 kW, about $744,292). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Cupertino Electric install solar?

All 138 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Clovis.

Is Cupertino Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Cupertino Electric in the public records is dated Nov 16, 2023; 2023 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Cupertino Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

20 recorded installations by Cupertino Electric (14%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Cupertino Electric install battery storage?

10 recorded installations by Cupertino Electric (7%) include a battery.

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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, “Cupertino Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/cupertino-electric-3198 (data as of September 21, 2026).