Direct Current Electric
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #3602 resolved from 67 public installation records.
At a glance
Direct Current Electric is a solar installer with 67 recorded installations totalling 632 kW, dated 2020 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1795th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,940th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 66 priced systems is $3.06/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2025 | Winchester, CA | 3.9 kW | $1,000 | Host-owned |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Corona, CA | 18.5 kW | $49,800 | Host-owned |
| May 20, 2024 | Lake Elsinore, CA | 8.2 kW | $4,000 | Host-owned |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Inglewood, CA | 7.2 kW | $18,500 | Host-owned |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Blythe, CA | 7.6 kW | $20,910 | Host-owned |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Lancaster, CA | 10.4 kW | $47,999 | Host-owned |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Winchester, CA | 12.8 kW | $25,000 | Host-owned |
| Oct 19, 2023 | Fallbrook, CA | 6.9 kW | $17,000 | Host-owned |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Pinon Hills, CA | 10.4 kW | $45,555 | Host-owned |
| Sep 26, 2023 | Lakewood, CA | 10.4 kW | $24,000 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-3602
- First recorded install
- Jan 24, 2020
- Last recorded install
- Mar 12, 2025
- Priced records
- 66
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How does Direct Current Electric compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Direct Current Electric ranks 1795th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.06/W is about 28% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 8.4 kW, is about 42% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 3% 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 Anthony J Durst Construction (67), California Solar Engineering (67) and Centrica Business Solutions (67).
How has Direct Current Electric's installation volume changed?
Direct Current Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2020. It has recorded installations in 6 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 37 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $2.94/W in 2020 to $2.57/W in 2024. The most recent recorded installation is dated Mar 12, 2025.
Where does Direct Current Electric install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Blythe, CA (17), Winchester, CA (6), Murrieta, CA (4), Lake Elsinore, CA (3) and Phelan, CA (3).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Direct Current Electric completed?
PanelCensus records 67 installations by Direct Current Electric, from Jan 24, 2020 to Mar 12, 2025, totalling 632 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Direct Current Electric charge for solar?
The median installed price across 66 priced systems is $3.06/W before incentives (median system 8.4 kW, about $27,719). The California median is $4.26/W.
Where does Direct Current Electric install solar?
All 67 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Blythe.
Is Direct Current Electric still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Direct Current Electric in the public records is dated Mar 12, 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 Direct Current Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?
2 recorded installations by Direct Current Electric (3%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Direct Current Electric install battery storage?
0 recorded installations by Direct Current Electric (0%) 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, “Direct Current Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/direct-current-electric-3602 (data as of September 21, 2026).