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2015 Top California Solar Contractors

California ranked first nationally in 2014 for installed solar electric capacity at 4,316 MW. There are 2,226 solar companies employing 54,700 people across the state. These are the Solar Power World Top Solar Contractors in California.

RankCompanyOverall RankCityStateEmployeesPrimary MarketPrimary ServiceTotal Megawatts InstalledTotal Megawatts 2014
1SolarCity3San MateoCA10000ResidentialRooftop Contractor 2,184.00 502.000
2Arraycon4SacramentoCA67UtilityConstruction Firm2,487,640 449.000
3Helix Electric5San DiegoCA1500UtilityEPC2,381,000 411.000
4Rosendin Electric7San JoseCA4500UtilityEPC2,200,000 319.000
5Swinerton Renewable Energy8San FranciscoCA1729UtilityEPC3,220,510 318.000
6Cupertino Electric10San JoseCA2190UtilityEPC 1,254,000 280.500
7CSI Electrical Contractors15Santa Fe SpringsCA700UtilityElectrical Subcontractor1,453,930 214.000
8Baker Electric21EscondidoCA522CommercialEPC1,558,362 71.397
9Hanwha Q CELLS USA26IrvineCA49UtilityDeveloper181,990 58.337
10Borrego Solar Systems27San DiegoCA120CommercialEPC232.00 51.204
11Sunstall30NovatoCA26CommercialConstruction Firm287,000 43.000
12Cenergy Power31MercedCA45CommercialEPC248,434 39.500
13A-C Solar33BakersfieldCA200CommercialEPC261,696 37.400
14REC Solar41San Luis ObispoCA156CommercialDeveloper340,545 28.842
15Baja Construction43MartinezCA100CommercialConstruction Firm212,000 25.846
16M Bar C Construction45San MarcosCA65CommercialConstruction Firm350,000 25.000
17Clean Focus50SunnyvaleCA20CommercialDeveloper44.00 22.000
18Solar Universe55Livermore CA 600ResidentialRooftop Contractor 46.000 17.000
19PFMG Solar57Huntington BeachCA25CommercialDeveloper76,623 16.160
20Smart Energy Solar68CoronaCA140ResidentialRooftop Contractor 35,000 11.920
21Horizon Solar Power73TemeculaCA540ResidentialRooftop Contractor 53,598 10.670
22PetersenDean76FremontCA4000ResidentialRooftop Contractor222,000 10.000
23Shorebreak Energy Developers77IrvineCA65CommercialDeveloper64,000 10.000
24Stellar Energy GP Inc83Rohnert ParkCA30CommercialEPC 34.080 9.032
25The Solar Company93Castro ValleyCA180ResidentialEPC35.10 7.403
26GCI Solar96Huntington BeachCA130ResidentialEPC 60,000 7.000
27Sunworks97RosevilleCA100CommercialElectrical Subcontractor 90,633 7.000
28PermaCity100Los AngelesCA15CommercialEPC70,000 6.600
29American Solar Direct102AnaheimCA400ResidentialRooftop Contractor 36,681 6.452
30M.B. Herzog Electric103ParamountCA150CommercialElectrical Subcontractor 39,245 6.280
31Pickett Solar104FresnoCA16CommercialEPC50,045 6.150
32SunPower by Stellar Solar105OceansideCA95ResidentialRooftop Contractor50,000 6.000
33Sullivan Solar Power109San DiegoCA119ResidentialRooftop Contractor66,607 5.937
34Sun Solar Energy Solutions115BakersfieldCA80ResidentialRooftop Contractor43,030 5.300
35Blue Oak Energy119DavisCA52CommercialEPC 105,000 5.000
36NRG Clean Power123Canoga ParkCA120ResidentialRooftop Contractor 19,000 5.000
37Alternative Energy Systems126ChicoCA63ResidentialEPC38,968 4.900
38Solar Electrical Systems135Westlake VillageCA25ResidentialEPC1.50 4.000
39Milholland Electric136El CajonCA35ResidentialRooftop Contractor19,200 4.000
40GRID Alternatives144OaklandCA200ResidentialNon-Profit Contractor42,957 3.645
41Vista Solar150Santa ClaraCA20CommercialEPC36,000 3.369
42Renova Solar159Palm DesertCA101ResidentialRooftop Contractor 30,855 3.000
43Kurios Energy160MantecaCA30CommercialEPC 15,240 3.000
44OneRoof Energy168San DiegoCA108ResidentialDeveloper27.04 2.865
45Sunvalley Solar170WalnutCA15CommercialEPC15,840 2.713
46Lifestyle Solar180FresnoCA40ResidentialRooftop Contractor8.45 2.400
47Sustineo181San DiegoCA9CommercialEPC150,133 2.346
48Arise Solar183FresnoCA50ResidentialRooftop Contractor19,611 2.263
49Sunline Energy184San DiegoCA48ResidentialRooftop Contractor 12,820 2.250
50Newport Power187San ClementeCA9CommercialConstruction Firm31,102 2.200
51American Solar Power195MontroseCA34ResidentialElectrical Subcontractor14,471 2.100
52Maxum Energy199Westlake VillageCA43CommercialEPC 247,000 2.000
53Independent Energy Solutions200VistaCA30CommercialEPC29.32 2.000
54SunFusion Solar Electric204San DiegoCA30ResidentialRooftop Contractor 15,025 2.000
55LuxLight Solar Energy206LockefordCA15ResidentialEPC2,560 2.000
56West Coast Solar207BrentwoodCA30ResidentialRooftop Contractor 20,000 2.000
57Nova West Solar209FresnoCA22ResidentialRooftop Contractor16,738 1.927
58Sunpro Solar CA213WildomarCA60ResidentialRooftop Contractor8.25 1.817
59Stronghold Engineering219RiversideCA150CommercialEPC 18,000 1.755
60SunGreen Systems223PasadenaCA10CommercialEPC 10,760 1.700
61Sun Light & Power224BerkeleyCA58CommercialEPC28,240 1.659
62Clean Solar225San JoseCA36ResidentialRooftop Contractor12,416 1.600
63Fresco Solar227Morgan HillCA15CommercialEPC4,865 1.600
64Solare Energy229San DiegoCA30ResidentialRooftop Contractor6.76 1.537
65Scudder Roofing Sun Energy Systems232MarinaCA15CommercialConstruction Firm 9,100 1.500
66Aztec Solar233Rancho CordovaCA40CommercialRooftop Contractor 15,000 1.500
67Cosmic Solar234VistaCA15ResidentialRooftop Contractor17,000 1.400
68Solarponics236AtascaderoCA11ResidentialRooftop Contractor10,530 1.500
69Sun First Solar244San RafaelCA26ResidentialRooftop Contractor 23,600 1.400
70Palomar Solar245EscondidoCA16ResidentialEPC13,028 1.400
71North State Solar Energy247Forest RanchCA25CommercialEPC16,782 1.300
72Magic Sun Solar253LoomisCA12ResidentialEPC9,870 1.228
73Sol Reliable256Valley VillageCA50ResidentialRooftop Contractor 9,600 1.200
74Terra Steward257San DiegoCA23CommercialEPC 26,230 1.200
75Connector Electric (CE Solar)260UplandCA7ResidentialEPC 46,320 1.200
76Highlight Solar262San JoseCA11ResidentialRooftop Contractor3,700 1.200
77That Solar Guy266MurrietaCA22ResidentialEPC3.10 1.150
78Planet Earth Solar268San ClementeCA6ResidentialEPC6,906 1.130
79Black Rock Solar269San FranciscoCA15CommercialNon-Profit Contractor6.63 1.106
80Solar Symphony274EscondidoCA26ResidentialEPC4.12 1.089
81Skytech Solar277San FranciscoCA13ResidentialRooftop Contractor6,540 1.010
82New Day Solar278WinchesterCA14ResidentialRooftop Contractor21,875 1.003
83Northern Pacific Power Systems283Santa RosaCA15ResidentialDeveloper 15,143 1.000
84AMECO Solar302ParamountCA20ResidentialEPC 12,490 0.878
85Capital City Solar311RosevilleCA25ResidentialRooftop Contractor9.00 0.800
86AWS Solar314Los AngelesCA9ResidentialEPC 5,000 0.800
87A.M. Sun Solar328Paso RoblesCA15ResidentialEPC10,724 0.740
88California Solar Electric332OjaiCA22ResidentialRooftop Contractor6,842 0.703
89California Solar Electric Co.347Grass ValleyCA14ResidentialRooftop Contractor4,413 0.594
90Greenwired359RedwayCA6Off-GridEPC2.25 0.500
91California Home Solar364EncinoCA15ResidentialRooftop Contractor5,911 0.500
92Green Energy EPC371San DiegoCA10ResidentialEPC 1,780 0.500
93Pure Power Solutions374HealdsburgCA15ResidentialEPC 5,738 0.455
94Solar Watt Solutions387CarlsbadCA10ResidentialEPC2,063 0.405
95SunWork Renewable Energy Projects398MilpitasCA4ResidentialNon-Profit Contractor2,692 0.360
96Earth Electric423San JoseCA8ResidentialRooftop Contractor1,680 0.286
97Save a Lot Solar428OaklandCA5ResidentialRooftop Contractor1,428 0.255
98Unique Solar429San DiegoCA8ResidentialRooftop Contractor1,893 0.252
99RBS Solar431Los AngelesCA3CommercialEPC 1,500 0.250
100Cinnamon Energy Systems433CampbellCA8ResidentialRooftop Contractor1,040 0.250
101Semper Solaris445El CajonCA80ResidentialDeveloper63,370 0.200
102ES Electric & Solar458PenrynCA5ResidentialRooftop Contractor 1,180 0.146
103California Sun Systems459Los AngelesCA6ResidentialRooftop Contractor 4,080 0.143
104CalSun Electric & Solar Systems466Paso RoblesCA3ResidentialEPC1,603 0.120
105AGILE Remodelers467TustinCA7ResidentialRooftop Contractor0.33 0.113
106Run on Sun468PasadenaCA3ResidentialRooftop Contractor915 0.112
107SolarNorcal480Meadow VistaCA5ResidentialRooftop Contractor 2,110 0.087
108YouVee Solar485RidgecrestCA2ResidentialEPC597 0.075

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