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North Star Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #8691 resolved from 19 public installation records.

Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data).

At a glance

North Star Electric is a solar installer with 19 recorded installations totalling 124 kW, dated 2017 to 2026. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3217th of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 5,458th of 10,840 nationally. The median installed price across 18 priced systems from all years is $2.79/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
19
Total capacity
124 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
5.7 kW
≈ $19,900
Median price
$2.79/W
all years · 18 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2017
Last recorded
2026

Track record

Install volume by year

2017
2
2018
2
2019
1
2020
4
2021
1
2022
3
2023
3
2024
1
2025
1
2026
1

Recorded installs per year.

Equipment

Module, inverter and battery brands

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Mar 18, 2026Shingle Springs, CA3.7 kW—Host-owned
May 7, 2025Placerville, CA9.6 kW$30,000Host-owned
Feb 7, 2024Placerville, CA4 kW$10,000Host-owned
Jun 2, 2023Placerville, CA6.8 kW$24,600Host-owned
Apr 6, 2023Placerville, CA8.5 kW$22,000Host-owned
Jan 23, 2023Shingle Springs, CA9.6 kW$25,000Host-owned
Oct 3, 2022Cameron Park, CA5 kW$15,000Host-owned
Sep 16, 2022Placerville, CA3.1 kW$13,000Host-owned
Sep 7, 2022Shingle Springs, CA8.9 kW$23,000Host-owned
Mar 16, 2021Placerville, CA2.6 kW$5,940Host-owned

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Service geography

California
19

Busiest cities

Placerville, CA 10Shingle Springs, CA 5Camino, CA 2Cameron Park, CA 1Pollock Pines, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-8691
First recorded install
Jan 24, 2017
Last recorded install
Mar 18, 2026
Priced records
18

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How does North Star Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations North Star Electric ranks 3217th among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $2.79/W is about 35% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 5.7 kW, is roughly in line with 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 Marc Daniels Construction (19), Mcdonell Electric (19) and New Age Electrical (19).

How has North Star Electric's installation volume changed?

North Star Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2017. It has recorded installations in 9 calendar years. The busiest year was 2020, with 4 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $3.83/W in 2017 to $3.12/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Mar 18, 2026.

Where does North Star Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Placerville, CA (10), Shingle Springs, CA (5), Camino, CA (2), Cameron Park, CA (1) and Pollock Pines, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has North Star Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 19 installations by North Star Electric, from Jan 24, 2017 to Mar 18, 2026, totalling 124 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does North Star Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 18 priced systems from all years is $2.79/W before incentives (median system 5.7 kW, about $19,900). 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 North Star Electric install solar?

All 19 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Placerville.

Is North Star Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to North Star Electric in the public records is dated Mar 18, 2026; 2025 has 1 recorded installation. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.

Does North Star Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does North Star Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by North Star Electric (0%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.

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, “North Star Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/north-star-electric-8691 (data as of September 21, 2026).