John T Bates Electrician
No recent recordsSolar installer based in Massachusetts · installer record #6756 resolved from 51 public installation records.
Data through: through Dec 2025 (LBNL Tracking the Sun; this installer's states have no monthly source yet).
At a glance
John T Bates Electrician is a solar installer with 51 recorded installations totalling 465 kW, dated 2010 to 2017. All of its records are in Massachusetts, where it ranks 122nd of 487 profiled installers by volume and 3,385th of 10,840 nationally. The median installed price across 51 priced systems from all years is $3.92/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Recorded installs per year; prices by year are in the table below.
Pricing
Price by year (solar only)
| Year | Priced systems | John T Bates Electrician | Massachusetts median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | $2.75/W | $3.99/W | −31% |
| 2016 | 5 | $3.10/W | $4.50/W | −31% |
| 2015 | 11 | $3.20/W | $4.86/W | −34% |
Median installed price per DC watt before incentives, systems without a battery, by the year in the public record. Years with fewer than five priced systems are left out.
Why a company's own figure can differ from this one
- Timing. These prices come from state incentive filings, published about once a year, so the latest full year here is the last year of data. Prices moved down in many states after 2023; a company's current quotes can be lower (or higher) than its last full year on record.
- Dates. A filing is dated when the program processed it, not when the job was sold, so jobs can land in a different month or year than in the company's own books.
- What the price includes. The filed price is the whole project as reported to the program, which can include loan dealer fees, electrical panel upgrades or roof work. A company's internal figure often leaves those out.
- Batteries. Systems flagged with a battery are excluded here; a battery the filing didn't flag can still raise a year's median.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2017 | Williamsburg, MA | 8.4 kW | $23,100 | Host-owned |
| Nov 1, 2017 | Worthington, MA | 5.3 kW | $14,520 | Host-owned |
| Oct 25, 2017 | North Adams, MA | 5.5 kW | $14,500 | Host-owned |
| Jul 31, 2017 | Worthington, MA | 9.9 kW | $45,849 | Host-owned |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Worthington, MA | 5.3 kW | $17,172 | Host-owned |
| Jul 24, 2017 | Cummington, MA | 9.4 kW | $25,740 | Host-owned |
| Oct 6, 2016 | Windsor, MA | 9.5 kW | $30,464 | Host-owned |
| Jun 27, 2016 | Cheshire, MA | 5.6 kW | $17,360 | Host-owned |
| Jun 27, 2016 | Ashfield, MA | 11.2 kW | $44,800 | Host-owned |
| Mar 17, 2016 | Dalton, MA | 9.8 kW | $29,400 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-6756
- First recorded install
- Nov 24, 2010
- Last recorded install
- Nov 13, 2017
- Priced records
- 51
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How does John T Bates Electrician compare with other installers in Massachusetts?
By recorded installations John T Bates Electrician ranks 122nd among the 487 installers based in Massachusetts with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.92/W is roughly in line with the Massachusetts median of $4.17/W. Its median system, 8.5 kW, is about 14% above the state median of 7.5 kW. 0% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 47% across Massachusetts. 0% include battery storage, compared with 4% of Massachusetts records. Installers of similar recorded volume in Massachusetts include Renewed By The Son (53), Avid Solar (52) and Solarwrights (52).
How has John T Bates Electrician's installation volume changed?
John T Bates Electrician's earliest dated installation on record is from 2010. It has recorded installations in 8 calendar years. The busiest year was 2015, with 11 installations. 2017, its latest year with records, has 6. Its median price per watt moved from $5.13/W in 2010 to $2.75/W in 2017. The most recent recorded installation is dated Nov 13, 2017. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.
Where does John T Bates Electrician install solar?
All recorded installations are in Massachusetts. The cities with the most of its installations are Chesterfield, MA (11), Ashfield, MA (8), Cummington, MA (7), Worthington, MA (3) and Southampton, MA (3).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has John T Bates Electrician completed?
PanelCensus records 51 installations by John T Bates Electrician, from Nov 24, 2010 to Nov 13, 2017, totalling 465 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does John T Bates Electrician charge for solar?
The median installed price across 51 priced systems from all years is $3.92/W before incentives (median system 8.5 kW, about $28,304). The Massachusetts median is $4.17/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.
Where does John T Bates Electrician install solar?
All 51 recorded installations are in Massachusetts, the most of them in Chesterfield.
Is John T Bates Electrician still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to John T Bates Electrician in the public records is dated Nov 13, 2017; 2017 has 6 recorded installations. Records here run through Dec 2025 (LBNL Tracking the Sun; this installer's states have no monthly source yet), so the newest installations may not appear yet.
Does John T Bates Electrician install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by John T Bates Electrician (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across Massachusetts the share is 47%.
Does John T Bates Electrician install battery storage?
0 recorded installations by John T Bates Electrician (0%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.
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, “John T Bates Electrician, solar installer (Massachusetts)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/massachusetts/john-t-bates-electrician-6756 (data as of September 21, 2026).