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D R Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #3288 resolved from 8 public installation records.

At a glance

D R Electric is a solar installer with 8 recorded installations totalling 60 kW, dated 2021 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4746th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 7,998th of 10,536 nationally.

Recorded installs
8
Total capacity
60 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
8.3 kW
≈ $23,979
Median price
$3.80/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
25%
First recorded
2021
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2021
1$3.71/W
2023
4$3.66/W
2024
2$3.93/W
2025
1$2.53/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jul 7, 2025McKinleyville, CA8.3 kW$21,000Host-owned
Aug 29, 2024McKinleyville, CA4 kW$15,603Host-owned
Apr 30, 2024McKinleyville, CA8.7 kW$33,891Host-owned
Jul 31, 2023Arcata, CA8.7 kW$0Host-owned · battery
Jul 27, 2023McKinleyville, CA9.9 kW$40,265Host-owned
Jul 12, 2023McKinleyville, CA8.3 kW$26,958Host-owned
Jul 4, 2023Arcata, CA7.5 kW$0Host-owned · battery
Mar 16, 2021Blue Lake, CA4.3 kW$16,108Host-owned

Service geography

Busiest cities

McKinleyville, CA 5Arcata, CA 2Blue Lake, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-3288
First recorded install
Mar 16, 2021
Last recorded install
Jul 7, 2025
Priced records
6

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How does D R Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations D R Electric ranks 4746th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 8.3 kW, is about 40% 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. 25% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Custom Design Construction (8), Cv Electric (8) and Cya Electric (8).

How has D R Electric's installation volume changed?

D R Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2021. It has recorded installations in 4 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 4 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $3.71/W in 2021 to $2.53/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jul 7, 2025.

Where does D R Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are McKinleyville, CA (5), Arcata, CA (2) and Blue Lake, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has D R Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 8 installations by D R Electric, from Mar 16, 2021 to Jul 7, 2025, totalling 60 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does D R Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 6 priced systems is $3.80/W before incentives (median system 8.3 kW, about $23,979). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does D R Electric install solar?

All 8 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in McKinleyville.

Is D R Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to D R Electric in the public records is dated Jul 7, 2025; 2025 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does D R Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does D R Electric install battery storage?

2 recorded installations by D R Electric (25%) 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, “D R Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/d-r-electric-3288 (data as of September 21, 2026).