Carlson Electric
Recently activeSolar installer based in Wisconsin · installer record #2396 resolved from 243 public installation records.
At a glance
Carlson Electric is a solar installer with 243 recorded installations totalling 2.5 MW, dated 2017 to 2025. All of its records are in Wisconsin, where it ranks 17th of 119 profiled installers by volume and 1,271st of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $3.27/W before incentives, across 45 priced systems.
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 | Carlson Electric | Wisconsin median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | $3.22/W | $3.56/W | −10% |
| 2024 | 23 | $3.16/W | $3.50/W | −10% |
| 2023 | 16 | $3.32/W | $3.75/W | −11% |
| 2022 | 16 | $3.01/W | $3.38/W | −11% |
| 2021 | 20 | $3.16/W | $3.53/W | −10% |
| 2020 | 70 | $2.81/W | $3.42/W | −18% |
| 2019 | 18 | $2.74/W | $3.19/W | −14% |
| 2018 | 58 | $2.38/W | $2.74/W | −13% |
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 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2025 | Exeland, WI | 3.4 kW | $11,680 | — |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Hayward, WI | 8.2 kW | $24,000 | — |
| May 29, 2025 | Centuria, WI | 4.9 kW | $25,760 | — |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Birchwood, WI | 16 kW | $35,178 | — |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Superior, WI | 21.6 kW | $65,880 | — |
| Jan 6, 2025 | Danbury, WI | 16.8 kW | $76,000 | — |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Superior, WI | 21.6 kW | $83,100 | — |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Superior, WI | 19.6 kW | $71,150 | — |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Superior, WI | 9.8 kW | $30,423 | — |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Superior, WI | 19.6 kW | $65,290 | — |
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Service geography
- Wisconsin
- 243
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-2396
- First recorded install
- Mar 7, 2017
- Last recorded install
- Aug 25, 2025
- Priced records
- 229
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How does Carlson Electric compare with other installers in Wisconsin?
By recorded installations Carlson Electric ranks 17th among the 119 installers based in Wisconsin with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $3.27/W is roughly in line with the Wisconsin median of $3.62/W on the same basis. Its median system, 5.4 kW, is about 26% below the state median of 7.4 kW. Installers of similar recorded volume in Wisconsin include Home Team Energy (339), Endries Solar Electric (303) and Current Electric (250).
How has Carlson Electric's installation volume changed?
Carlson Electric's earliest dated installation on record is from 2017. It has recorded installations in 9 calendar years. The busiest year was 2020, with 71 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 6. Its median price per watt moved from $3.41/W in 2017 to $3.22/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Aug 25, 2025.
Where does Carlson Electric install solar?
All recorded installations are in Wisconsin. The cities with the most of its installations are Hayward, WI (69), Winter, WI (20), Exeland, WI (16), Radisson, WI (15) and Superior, WI (12).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Carlson Electric completed?
PanelCensus records 243 installations by Carlson Electric, from Mar 7, 2017 to Aug 25, 2025, totalling 2.5 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Carlson Electric charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $3.27/W before incentives, across 45 priced systems. The Wisconsin median on the same basis is $3.62/W. Across all 229 priced systems since 2017, including battery systems, the median is $2.81/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state incentive programs, divided by the system's DC watts, so they can include electrical upgrades or other work billed with the solar.
Where does Carlson Electric install solar?
All 243 recorded installations are in Wisconsin, the most of them in Hayward.
Is Carlson Electric still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Carlson Electric in the public records is dated Aug 25, 2025; 2025 has 6 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
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, “Carlson Electric, solar installer (Wisconsin)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/wisconsin/carlson-electric-2396 (data as of September 21, 2026).