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Estey Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #4508 resolved from 11 public installation records.

At a glance

Estey Electric is a solar installer with 11 recorded installations totalling 90 kW, dated 2022 to 2024. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4008th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 6,936th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 11 priced systems from all years is $2.77/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
11
Total capacity
90 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
7.2 kW
≈ $28,190
Median price
$2.77/W
all years · 11 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
73%
First recorded
2022
Last recorded
2024

Track record

Install volume by year

2022
3
2023
7
2024
1

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Apr 30, 2024Nevada City, CA6.3 kW$38,499Host-owned
Jul 7, 2023Nevada City, CA5.7 kW$38,000Host-owned · battery
Jul 2, 2023Grass Valley, CA4.7 kW$12,500Host-owned
Jun 13, 2023Rough And Ready, CA7.5 kW$52,770Host-owned · battery
Jun 7, 2023Nevada City, CA3.2 kW$28,190Host-owned
Mar 14, 2023Penn Valley, CA11.1 kW$54,000Host-owned · battery
Feb 1, 2023Auburn, CA9.6 kW$20,000Host-owned · battery
Jan 11, 2023Nevada City, CA19 kW$40,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 22, 2022Nevada City, CA7.2 kW$20,000Host-owned · battery
Dec 19, 2022Nevada City, CA7.2 kW$20,000Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

Busiest cities

Nevada City, CA 6Auburn, CA 2Penn Valley, CA 1Grass Valley, CA 1Rough And Ready, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-4508
First recorded install
Dec 2, 2022
Last recorded install
Apr 30, 2024
Priced records
11

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How does Estey Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Estey Electric ranks 4008th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $2.77/W is about 35% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 7.2 kW, is about 22% 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. 73% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include El Camino Electric (11), Energy Smart Systems (11) and Epic Power Systems (11).

How has Estey Electric's installation volume changed?

Estey Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2022. It has recorded installations in 3 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 7 installations. 2024, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $2.77/W in 2022 to $6.09/W in 2024. The most recent recorded installation is dated Apr 30, 2024.

Where does Estey Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Nevada City, CA (6), Auburn, CA (2), Penn Valley, CA (1), Grass Valley, CA (1) and Rough And Ready, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Estey Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 11 installations by Estey Electric, from Dec 2, 2022 to Apr 30, 2024, totalling 90 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Estey Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 11 priced systems from all years is $2.77/W before incentives (median system 7.2 kW, about $28,190). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.

Where does Estey Electric install solar?

All 11 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Nevada City.

Is Estey Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Estey Electric in the public records is dated Apr 30, 2024; 2024 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Estey Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Estey Electric install battery storage?

8 recorded installations by Estey Electric (73%) 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, “Estey Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/estey-electric-4508 (data as of September 21, 2026).