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Elkco Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #4183 resolved from 50 public installation records.

At a glance

Elkco Electric is a solar installer with 50 recorded installations totalling 351 kW, dated 2011 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2075th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 3,419th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 50 priced systems is $3.50/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
50
Total capacity
351 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.6 kW
≈ $24,500
Median price
$3.50/W
pre-incentive · 50 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2011
3$6.00/W
2012
1$5.85/W
2013
2$5.63/W
2014
4$4.05/W
2015
2$3.22/W
2017
15$3.51/W
2018
8$3.32/W
2019
3$3.52/W
2020
2$3.49/W
2021
1$3.00/W
2022
2$3.00/W
2023
3$3.00/W
2024
1$0.30/W
2025
3$3.05/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
May 8, 2025Igo, CA6.3 kW$18,960Host-owned
May 1, 2025Cottonwood, CA3.7 kW$11,254Host-owned
Jan 29, 2025Cottonwood, CA3.3 kW$10,004Host-owned
Mar 14, 2024Palo Cedro, CA4 kW$1,200Host-owned
Aug 21, 2023Palo Cedro, CA6.3 kW$19,592Host-owned
Aug 7, 2023Redding, CA9.5 kW$27,018Host-owned
Apr 4, 2023Redding, CA9 kW$26,880Host-owned
Apr 28, 2022Redding, CA6.9 kW$20,700Host-owned
Mar 11, 2022Redding, CA3.5 kW$10,350Host-owned
Sep 21, 2021Palo Cedro, CA4.1 kW$12,420Host-owned

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Service geography

California
50

Busiest cities

Redding, CA 26Anderson, CA 8Palo Cedro, CA 7Cottonwood, CA 5Millville, CA 2Whitmore, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-4183
First recorded install
Jun 10, 2011
Last recorded install
May 8, 2025
Priced records
50

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How does Elkco Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Elkco Electric ranks 2075th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.50/W is about 18% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.6 kW, is about 12% 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 Clean Power Solutions (50), Day Star Solar (50) and Dj Electric (50).

How has Elkco Electric's installation volume changed?

Elkco Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2011. It has recorded installations in 14 calendar years. The busiest year was 2017, with 15 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 3. Its median price per watt moved from $6.00/W in 2011 to $3.05/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated May 8, 2025.

Where does Elkco Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Redding, CA (26), Anderson, CA (8), Palo Cedro, CA (7), Cottonwood, CA (5) and Millville, CA (2).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Elkco Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 50 installations by Elkco Electric, from Jun 10, 2011 to May 8, 2025, totalling 351 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Elkco Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 50 priced systems is $3.50/W before incentives (median system 6.6 kW, about $24,500). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Elkco Electric install solar?

All 50 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Redding.

Is Elkco Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Elkco Electric in the public records is dated May 8, 2025; 2025 has 3 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Elkco Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Elkco Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Elkco 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, “Elkco Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/elkco-electric-4183 (data as of September 21, 2026).