Thunder Chief Electric
No recent recordsSolar installer based in California · installer record #12981 resolved from 19 public installation records.
At a glance
Thunder Chief Electric is a solar installer with 19 recorded installations totalling 76 kW, dated 2012 to 2013. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 3151st of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 5,335th of 10,537 nationally.
Track record
Install volume by year
Recorded installs per year.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2013 | Mission Viejo, CA | 4.4 kW | $9,599 | Host-owned |
| Sep 12, 2013 | Palm Springs, CA | 4.2 kW | $16,856 | Host-owned |
| Aug 27, 2013 | Moreno Valley, CA | 1.2 kW | $5,404 | Host-owned |
| Aug 27, 2013 | Huntington Beach, CA | 3.5 kW | $13,172 | Host-owned |
| Aug 22, 2013 | Fullerton, CA | 4.9 kW | $11,180 | Host-owned |
| Aug 2, 2013 | Placentia, CA | 4.9 kW | $12,257 | Host-owned |
| Nov 8, 2012 | Moreno Valley, CA | 1.4 kW | $8,072 | Host-owned |
| Sep 25, 2012 | Valley Center, CA | 5.2 kW | — | — |
| Aug 31, 2012 | Oceanside, CA | 4.3 kW | — | — |
| Aug 31, 2012 | Encinitas, CA | 9.9 kW | — | — |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-12981
- First recorded install
- Jul 18, 2012
- Last recorded install
- Sep 12, 2013
- Priced records
- 7
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How does Thunder Chief Electric compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Thunder Chief Electric ranks 3151st among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 4.3 kW, is about 27% 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 Solar Cruz (19), Solarwinds Thru Home Depot (19) and Superior Solar Sd (19).
How has Thunder Chief Electric's installation volume changed?
Thunder Chief Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2012. It has recorded installations in 2 calendar years. The busiest year was 2012, with 13 installations. 2013, its latest year with records, has 6. Its median price per watt moved from $5.72/W in 2012 to $3.12/W in 2013. The most recent recorded installation is dated Sep 12, 2013. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.
Where does Thunder Chief Electric install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Mission Viejo, CA (3), El Cajon, CA (2), Moreno Valley, CA (2), Irvine, CA (1) and Valley Center, CA (1).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Thunder Chief Electric completed?
PanelCensus records 19 installations by Thunder Chief Electric, from Jul 18, 2012 to Sep 12, 2013, totalling 76 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Thunder Chief Electric charge for solar?
The median installed price across 7 priced systems from all years is $3.74/W before incentives (median system 4.3 kW, about $11,180). 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 Thunder Chief Electric install solar?
All 19 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Mission Viejo.
Is Thunder Chief Electric still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Thunder Chief Electric in the public records is dated Sep 12, 2013; 2013 has 6 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Thunder Chief Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Thunder Chief Electric (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Thunder Chief Electric install battery storage?
0 recorded installations by Thunder Chief Electric (0%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
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- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
- Solar Cruz· 19 installations
- Solarwinds Thru Home Depot· 19 installations
- Superior Solar Sd· 19 installations
- Tiger Electric· 19 installations
- True Blue Electric· 19 installations
- Ulrich Energy Solar· 19 installations
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, “Thunder Chief Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/thunder-chief-electric-12981 (data as of September 21, 2026).