about Thern Electric & Solar
Established 1985
Thern Electric INC dba Thern Electric & Solar is a full service electrical contractor. Our projects include both new construction and remodel for commercial, residential, wine production facilities and government projects. We perform electrical maintenance, service work and multimedia cabling. In 2009 we began installing residential and commercial solar photovoltaic systems. In 2011, we became a certified installer of Electrical Vehicle Charging Systems. In 2011 & 2012, Thern was the electrical contractor on two athletic fields, Harvest River School, Napa CA and California Maritime Academy, Vallejo CA as well as for American Canyon Library, American Canyon, CA.
The Company provides design services for all project power, lighting, control systems, solar photovoltaic, and generator backup systems.
In 2012, we began partnering with PG&E on projects to provide energy savings through PG&E's Business Rebate and Incentives Programs.
Thern Electric & Solar is very proud to be a Bay Area Certified Green Business and a Better Business Bureau A+ rated company. We are committed to and enthusiastic about conducting business in a sustainable manner, as well as helping our customers to become electrically green.
Thern Electric & Solar continually strives for excellence in customer service and project execution. Our journeymen electricians are California State Certified. We are a safety conscious company and have an excellent personnel and vehicle safety record.
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David Alberto Whitten, President of Thern Electric & Solar, is a California native born in San Francisco. He began his electrical career at the age of sixteen working as an apprentice for a number of Bay Area contractors on commercial and residential projects. In 1996, he moved to the Napa area. His association with Thern Electric & Solar began in 2000, when the company was owned by Paul Kern. The company name at that time was The Electric Company.
David continued his training and education and in 2003 became a California Certified General Electrician. Also in 2003, The Electric Company incorporated and, not surprisingly, that name was already being used, so the company took the corporate name of Thern Electric INC. In 2006, David became an owner of the company. In 2009, when the company began its solar work, the dba name Thern Electric & Solar was added.
Dave keeps abreast of the new electrical technologies and green building innovations by attending seminars and continuing education courses.
David is married to Heather and is the father of two children, David Bay, age nine, and Vivian Diane, age three. He is active in his son's youth baseball league assisting with coaching and field maintenance.
