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Thomas Cote Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #12955 resolved from 11 public installation records.

At a glance

Thomas Cote Electric is a solar installer with 11 recorded installations totalling 72 kW, dated 2009 to 2024. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4073rd of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 7,038th of 10,537 nationally.

Recorded installs
11
Total capacity
72 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
5.5 kW
≈ $27,958
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
9%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2024

Track record

Install volume by year

2009
2
2010
1
2012
1
2013
1
2015
1
2016
2
2017
1
2019
1
2024
1

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Nov 22, 2024Browns Valley, CA8 kW$27,958Host-owned
Nov 1, 2019Brownsville, CA10.1 kW$40,824Host-owned
Nov 29, 2017North San Juan, CA5.5 kW$17,183Host-owned
Dec 29, 2016Grass Valley, CA5.5 kW$16,758Host-owned
Oct 14, 2016Nevada City, CA10.4 kW$28,654Host-owned
Aug 26, 2015Nevada City, CA5.1 kW—Host-owned
Sep 18, 2013Nevada City, CA5.1 kW—Host-owned
Aug 22, 2012Grass Valley, CA5.7 kW$15,257Third-party
Jun 3, 2010Grass Valley, CA4.1 kW$35,245Host-owned
Nov 5, 2009Grass Valley, CA4.4 kW$24,003Host-owned

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Service geography

California
11

Busiest cities

Grass Valley, CA 5Nevada City, CA 3Browns Valley, CA 1North San Juan, CA 1Brownsville, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-12955
First recorded install
Aug 14, 2009
Last recorded install
Nov 22, 2024
Priced records
9

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How does Thomas Cote Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Thomas Cote Electric ranks 4073rd among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 5.5 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 9% 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 Sundelity (11), Supreme Construction (11) and Tao Energy (11).

How has Thomas Cote Electric's installation volume changed?

Thomas Cote Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2009. It has recorded installations in 9 calendar years. The busiest year was 2009, with 2 installations. 2024, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $5.56/W in 2009 to $3.49/W in 2024. The most recent recorded installation is dated Nov 22, 2024.

Where does Thomas Cote Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Grass Valley, CA (5), Nevada City, CA (3), Browns Valley, CA (1), North San Juan, CA (1) and Brownsville, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Thomas Cote Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 11 installations by Thomas Cote Electric, from Aug 14, 2009 to Nov 22, 2024, totalling 72 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Thomas Cote Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 9 priced systems from all years is $3.49/W before incentives (median system 5.5 kW, about $27,958). 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 Thomas Cote Electric install solar?

All 11 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Grass Valley.

Is Thomas Cote Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Thomas Cote Electric in the public records is dated Nov 22, 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 Thomas Cote Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

1 recorded installation by Thomas Cote Electric (9%) is third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Thomas Cote Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Thomas Cote 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, “Thomas Cote Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/thomas-cote-electric-12955 (data as of September 21, 2026).