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Tom Richards Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #58615 resolved from 12 public installation records.

At a glance

Tom Richards Electric is a solar installer with 12 recorded installations totalling 132 kW, dated 2015 to 2018. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4127th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 6,950th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 11 priced systems is $3.89/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
12
Total capacity
132 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.3 kW
≈ $25,000
Median price
$3.89/W
pre-incentive · 11 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2015
Last recorded
2018

Track record

Install volume by year

2015
1$3.64/W
2016
6$4.16/W
2017
3$3.89/W
2018
3$3.33/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Aug 30, 2018Ripon, CA5.4 kW$18,000Host-owned
Aug 2, 2018Escalon, CA55.1 kW$0—
Aug 2, 2018Escalon, CA59.4 kW$0Host-owned
Nov 15, 2017Ripon, CA7.9 kW$26,900Host-owned
Mar 7, 2017Ripon, CA9.6 kW$37,320Host-owned
Feb 21, 2017Ripon, CA5.7 kW$37,404Host-owned
Dec 15, 2016Manteca, CA6.3 kW$25,000Host-owned
Dec 15, 2016Riverbank, CA6 kW$21,900Host-owned
Nov 26, 2016Ripon, CA4.8 kW$17,520Host-owned
Oct 25, 2016Ripon, CA4.6 kW$23,100Host-owned

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Service geography

California
13

Busiest cities

Ripon, CA 9Escalon, CA 2Manteca, CA 1Riverbank, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-58615
First recorded install
Nov 13, 2015
Last recorded install
Aug 30, 2018
Priced records
11

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How does Tom Richards Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Tom Richards Electric ranks 4127th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.89/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.3 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 SUNSHIFT LLC (12), SUPERIOR SOLAR INC (12) and TNT ELECTRIC CO (12).

How has Tom Richards Electric's installation volume changed?

Tom Richards Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2015. It has recorded installations in 4 calendar years. The busiest year was 2016, with 6 installations. 2018, its latest year with records, has 3. Its median price per watt moved from $3.64/W in 2015 to $3.33/W in 2018. The most recent recorded installation is dated Aug 30, 2018. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Tom Richards Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Ripon, CA (9), Escalon, CA (2), Manteca, CA (1) and Riverbank, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Tom Richards Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 12 installations by Tom Richards Electric, from Nov 13, 2015 to Aug 30, 2018, totalling 132 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Tom Richards Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 11 priced systems is $3.89/W before incentives (median system 6.3 kW, about $25,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Tom Richards Electric install solar?

All 12 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Ripon.

Is Tom Richards Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Tom Richards Electric in the public records is dated Aug 30, 2018; 2018 has 3 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Tom Richards Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Tom Richards Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Tom Richards 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, “Tom Richards Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/tom-richards-electric-58615 (data as of September 21, 2026).