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Whipple Electric

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #13841 resolved from 26 public installation records.

At a glance

Whipple Electric is a solar installer with 26 recorded installations totalling 110 kW, dated 2011 to 2022. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2746th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 4,632nd of 10,537 nationally.

Recorded installs
26
Total capacity
110 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
2.9 kW
≈ $35,362
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
4%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2022

Track record

Install volume by year

2011
20
2013
1
2014
1
2015
1
2016
1
2022
1

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Mar 25, 2022Shasta Lake, CA14.1 kW$40,000Host-owned
Jan 13, 2016Greenview, CA8.4 kW$41,780Host-owned
Jul 9, 2015Fort Jones, CA13 kW$35,362Host-owned
Nov 12, 2014Etna, CA5.5 kW$14,624Third-party
Mar 6, 2013Callahan, CA6.9 kW$19,123Host-owned
May 16, 2011Orleans, CA2.9 kW—Host-owned
May 4, 2011Orleans, CA2.9 kW—Host-owned
Apr 27, 2011Orleans, CA2.9 kW—Host-owned
Apr 27, 2011Orleans, CA2.9 kW—Host-owned
Apr 27, 2011Orleans, CA2.9 kW—Host-owned

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Service geography

California
26

Busiest cities

Orleans, CA 20Callahan, CA 2Fort Jones, CA 1Greenview, CA 1Shasta Lake, CA 1Etna, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-13841
First recorded install
Apr 27, 2011
Last recorded install
Mar 25, 2022
Priced records
5

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How does Whipple Electric compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Whipple Electric ranks 2746th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 2.9 kW, is about half of the state median of 5.9 kW. 4% 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 Taylor Electric (26), Wells Company (26) and West Coast Exteriors (26).

How has Whipple Electric's installation volume changed?

Whipple Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2011. It has recorded installations in 6 calendar years. The busiest year was 2011, with 20 installations. 2022, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $2.77/W in 2013 to $2.85/W in 2022. The most recent recorded installation is dated Mar 25, 2022. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Whipple Electric install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Orleans, CA (20), Callahan, CA (2), Fort Jones, CA (1), Greenview, CA (1) and Shasta Lake, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Whipple Electric completed?

PanelCensus records 26 installations by Whipple Electric, from Apr 27, 2011 to Mar 25, 2022, totalling 110 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Whipple Electric charge for solar?

The median installed price across 5 priced systems from all years is $2.77/W before incentives (median system 2.9 kW, about $35,362). 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 Whipple Electric install solar?

All 26 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Orleans.

Is Whipple Electric still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Whipple Electric in the public records is dated Mar 25, 2022; 2022 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Whipple Electric install leased or PPA solar systems?

1 recorded installation by Whipple Electric (4%) is third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Whipple Electric install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Whipple 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, “Whipple Electric, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/whipple-electric-13841 (data as of September 21, 2026).