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Golden State Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #5280 resolved from 6 public installation records.

At a glance

Golden State Electric is a solar installer with 6 recorded installations totalling 24 kW, dated 2008 to 2023. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 5166th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 9,041st of 10,537 nationally.

Recorded installs
6
Total capacity
24 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
3.8 kW
≈ $12,500
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2023

Track record

Install volume by year

2008
1
2013
1
2015
1
2017
1
2019
1
2023
1

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jun 16, 2023Santa Rosa, CA5.6 kW$15,500Host-owned
Jul 18, 2019Santa Rosa, CA2.9 kW$11,350Host-owned
Aug 31, 2017Santa Rosa, CA4.1 kW$12,500Host-owned
Oct 21, 2015Sebastopol, CA4.4 kW$11,250Host-owned
Nov 19, 2013San Rafael, CA3.5 kW—Host-owned
Apr 18, 2008Lakeport, CA3.2 kW$23,871Host-owned

Service geography

California
6

Busiest cities

Santa Rosa, CA 3Sebastopol, CA 1San Rafael, CA 1Lakeport, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-5280
First recorded install
Apr 18, 2008
Last recorded install
Jun 16, 2023
Priced records
5

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How does Golden State Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Golden State Electric ranks 5166th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 3.8 kW, is about 36% below 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 Gilbert Lee Construction (6), Go Solar Cooperative (6) and Golden Sierra Power (6).

How has Golden State Electric's installation volume changed?

Golden State Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2008. It has recorded installations in 6 calendar years. The busiest year was 2008, with 1 installation. 2023, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $7.37/W in 2008 to $2.77/W in 2023. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jun 16, 2023. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Golden State Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Santa Rosa, CA (3), Sebastopol, CA (1), San Rafael, CA (1) and Lakeport, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Golden State Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 6 installations by Golden State Electric, from Apr 18, 2008 to Jun 16, 2023, totalling 24 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Golden State Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 5 priced systems from all years is $3.08/W before incentives (median system 3.8 kW, about $12,500). 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 Golden State Electric install solar?

All 6 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Santa Rosa.

Is Golden State Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Golden State Electric in the public records is dated Jun 16, 2023; 2023 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Golden State Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Golden State Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Golden State Electric (0%) 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, “Golden State Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/golden-state-electric-5280 (data as of September 21, 2026).