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Shields Electric

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Solar installer based in California · active in 2 states · installer record #10871 resolved from 90 public installation records.

At a glance

Shields Electric is a solar installer with 90 recorded installations totalling 659 kW, dated 2010 to 2025. Its records are concentrated in California (104%), where it ranks 1536th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,497th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 62 priced systems is $3.11/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
90
Total capacity
659 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
7.3 kW
≈ $22,825
Median price
$3.11/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
1%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2010
2$5.40/W
2011
1
2012
1$5.74/W
2013
5$4.16/W
2014
17$4.11/W
2015
13$3.48/W
2016
10$3.22/W
2017
5$3.08/W
2018
6$3.26/W
2019
11$3.13/W
2020
3$3.11/W
2021
8$2.42/W
2022
7$2.73/W
2023
3$2.93/W
2024
1$2.50/W
2025
2$2.50/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Nov 4, 2025Chico, CA2 kW$5,000Host-owned
Mar 25, 2025North Highlands, CA3 kW$6,000—
Dec 18, 2024Chico, CA12 kW$30,000Host-owned
Nov 9, 2023Chico, CA9.2 kW$27,000Host-owned
Oct 16, 2023Paradise, CA2.8 kW$10,000Host-owned
Aug 11, 2023Oroville, CA9.6 kW$22,000Host-owned
Dec 8, 2022Chico, CA8 kW$24,960Host-owned
Sep 26, 2022Chico, CA8 kW$22,800Host-owned
Jul 5, 2022Paradise, CA3.2 kW$8,000Host-owned
May 23, 2022Chico, CA9.6 kW$23,750Host-owned

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Service geography

California
94
Arizona
1

Busiest cities

Chico, CA 51Oroville, CA 22Paradise, CA 9Durham, CA 4Sacramento, CA 3Scottsdale, AZ 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-10871
First recorded install
Mar 21, 2010
Last recorded install
Nov 4, 2025
Priced records
62
Also appears as
Shields Electric Company

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How does Shields Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Shields Electric ranks 1536th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.11/W is about 27% below the California median of $4.26/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 7.3 kW, is about 23% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 1% 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 High Power Electric (90), Imperial Electric (90) and Sentry Roofing Solar (90).

How has Shields Electric's installation volume changed?

Shields Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2010. It has recorded installations in 16 calendar years. The busiest year was 2014, with 17 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $5.40/W in 2010 to $2.50/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Nov 4, 2025.

Where does Shields Electric install solar?

Recorded installations span 2 states: California (94, 104%) and Arizona (1, 1%). The cities with the most of its installations are Chico, CA (51), Oroville, CA (22), Paradise, CA (9), Durham, CA (4) and Sacramento, CA (3).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Shields Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 90 installations by Shields Electric, from Mar 21, 2010 to Nov 4, 2025, totalling 659 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Shields Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 62 priced systems is $3.11/W before incentives (median system 7.3 kW, about $22,825). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Shields Electric install solar?

Recorded installs span 2 states, led by California (94) and Arizona (1). Its busiest city is Chico, CA.

Is Shields Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Shields Electric in the public records is dated Nov 4, 2025; 2025 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Shields Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

1 recorded installation by Shields Electric (1%) is third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Shields Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Shields 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, “Shields Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/shields-electric-10871 (data as of September 21, 2026).