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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 Firm 1,881,000 449.000
3Rosendin Electric7San JoseCA4500UtilityEPC 2,200,331 319.000
4Swinerton Renewable Energy8San FranciscoCA1729UtilityEPC 2,330,910 318.000
5Cupertino Electric10San JoseCA2190UtilityEPC 1,254,000 280.500
6CSI Electrical Contractors15Santa Fe SpringsCA700UtilityElectrical Subcontractor 1,231,825 214.000
7Baker Electric21EscondidoCA522CommercialEPC 1,345,044 71.397
8Hanwha Q CELLS USA26IrvineCA49UtilityDeveloper190.90 58.337
9Borrego Solar Systems27San DiegoCA120CommercialEPC232.00 51.204
10Sunstall30NovatoCA26CommercialConstruction Firm 251,000 43.000
11Cenergy Power31MercedCA45CommercialEPC 201,300 39.500
12A-C Electric33BakersfieldCA200CommercialEPC 224,832 37.400
13REC Solar41San Luis ObispoCA156CommercialDeveloper 262,266 28.842
14Baja Construction43MartinezCA100CommercialConstruction Firm 177,000 25.846
15M Bar C Construction45San MarcosCA65CommercialConstruction Firm 331,000 25.000
16Clean Focus50SunnyvaleCA20CommercialDeveloper44.00 22.000
17Solar Universe55Livermore CA 600ResidentialRooftop Contractor 46.000 17.000
18PFMG Solar57Huntington BeachCA25CommercialDeveloper 62,550 16.160
19Smart Energy Solar68CoronaCA140ResidentialRooftop Contractor 35,000 11.920
20Horizon Solar Power73TemeculaCA540ResidentialRooftop Contractor 53,598 10.670
21PetersenDean Roofing and Solar76FremontCA4000ResidentialRooftop Contractor 104,000 10.000
22Shorebreak Energy Developers77IrvineCA65CommercialDeveloper 58,000 10.000
23Stellar Energy GP Inc83Rohnert ParkCA30CommercialEPC 34.080 9.032
24The Solar Company93Castro ValleyCA180ResidentialEPC35.10 7.403
25GCI Solar96Huntington BeachCA130ResidentialEPC 60,000 7.000
26Sunworks97RosevilleCA100CommercialElectrical Subcontractor 90,633 7.000
27PermaCity100Los AngelesCA15CommercialEPC 50,000 6.600
28American Solar Direct102AnaheimCA400ResidentialRooftop Contractor 36,681 6.452
29M.B. Herzog Electric103ParamountCA150CommercialElectrical Subcontractor 39,245 6.280
30Pickett Solar104FresnoCA16CommercialEPC 40,378 6.150
31SunPower by Stellar Solar105OceansideCA95ResidentialRooftop Contractor 40,100 6.000
32Sullivan Solar Power109San DiegoCA119ResidentialRooftop Contractor46.03 5.937
33Sun Solar Energy Solutions115BakersfieldCA80ResidentialRooftop Contractor43,030 5.300
34Blue Oak Energy119DavisCA52CommercialEPC 105,000 5.000
35NRG Clean Power123Canoga ParkCA120ResidentialRooftop Contractor 19,000 5.000
36Alternative Energy Systems126ChicoCA63ResidentialEPC 34,365 4.900
37Solar Electrical Systems135Westlake VillageCA25ResidentialEPC1.50 4.000
38Milholland Electric136El CajonCA35ResidentialRooftop Contractor 19,200 4.000
39GRID Alternatives144OaklandCA200ResidentialNon-Profit Contractor 31,205 3.645
40Vista Solar150Santa ClaraCA20CommercialEPC20.27 3.369
41Renova Solar159Palm DesertCA101ResidentialRooftop Contractor 30,855 3.000
42Kurios Energy160MantecaCA30CommercialEPC 15,240 3.000
43OneRoof Energy168San DiegoCA108ResidentialDeveloper27.04 2.865
44Sunvalley Solar170WalnutCA15CommercialEPC 15,840 2.713
45Lifestyle Solar180FresnoCA40ResidentialRooftop Contractor8.45 2.400
46Sustineo181San DiegoCA9CommercialEPC 150,133 2.346
47Arise Solar183FresnoCA50ResidentialRooftop Contractor 18,419 2.263
48Sunline Energy184San DiegoCA48ResidentialRooftop Contractor 12,820 2.250
49Newport Power187San ClementeCA9CommercialConstruction Firm 24,850 2.200
50American Solar Power195MontroseCA34ResidentialElectrical Subcontractor 11,921 2.100
51Maxum Energy199Westlake VillageCA43CommercialEPC 247,000 2.000
52Independent Energy Solutions200VistaCA30CommercialEPC29.32 2.000
53SunFusion Solar Electric204San DiegoCA30ResidentialRooftop Contractor 15,025 2.000
54LuxLight Solar Energy206LodiCA15ResidentialEPC 1,440 2.000
55West Coast Solar207BrentwoodCA30ResidentialRooftop Contractor 20,000 2.000
56Nova West Solar209FresnoCA22ResidentialRooftop Contractor10.44 1.927
57Sunpro Solar213WildomarCA60ResidentialRooftop Contractor8.25 1.817
58Stronghold Engineering219RiversideCA150CommercialEPC 18,000 1.755
59SunGreen Systems223PasadenaCA10CommercialEPC 10,760 1.700
60Sun Light & Power224BerkeleyCA58CommercialEPC 23,500 1.659
61Clean Solar225San JoseCA36ResidentialRooftop Contractor 10,200 1.600
62Fresco Solar227Morgan HillCA15CommercialEPC 4,800 1.600
63Solare Energy229San DiegoCA30ResidentialRooftop Contractor6.76 1.537
64Scudder Solar Energy Systems232MarinaCA15CommercialConstruction Firm 9,100 1.500
65Aztec Solar233Rancho CordovaCA40CommercialRooftop Contractor 15,000 1.500
66Cosmic Solar234VistaCA15ResidentialRooftop Contractor 20,133 1.400
67Solarponics236AtascaderoCA11ResidentialRooftop Contractor 8,537 1.500
68Sun First Solar244San RafaelCA26ResidentialRooftop Contractor 23,600 1.400
69Palomar Solar245EscondidoCA16ResidentialEPC 10,200 1.400
70North State Solar Energy247Forest RanchCA25CommercialEPC 14,650 1.300
71Magic Sun Solar253LoomisCA12ResidentialEPC 6,999 1.228
72Sol Reliable256Valley VillageCA50ResidentialRooftop Contractor 9,600 1.200
73Terra Steward257San DiegoCA23CommercialEPC 26,230 1.200
74Connector Electric (CE Solar)260UplandCA7ResidentialEPC 46,320 1.200
75Highlight Solar262San JoseCA11ResidentialRooftop Contractor 6,500 1.200
76That Solar Guy266MurrietaCA22ResidentialEPC3.10 1.150
77Planet Earth Solar268San ClementeCA6ResidentialEPC 5,759 1.130
78Black Rock Solar269San FranciscoCA15CommercialNon-Profit Contractor6.63 1.106
79Solar Symphony274EscondidoCA26ResidentialEPC4.12 1.089
80Skytech Solar277San FranciscoCA13ResidentialRooftop Contractor 6,540 1.010
81New Day Solar278MurrietaCA14ResidentialRooftop Contractor 20,500 1.003
82Northern Pacific Power Systems283Santa RosaCA15ResidentialDeveloper 15,143 1.000
83AMECO Solar302ParamountCA20ResidentialEPC 12,490 0.878
84Capital City Solar311RosevilleCA25ResidentialRooftop Contractor9.00 0.800
85AWS Solar314Los AngelesCA9ResidentialEPC 5,000 0.800
86A.M. Sun Solar328Paso RoblesCA15ResidentialEPC 8,467 0.740
87California Solar Electric332OjaiCA22ResidentialRooftop Contractor 5,594 0.703
88California Solar Electric Co.347Grass ValleyCA14ResidentialRooftop Contractor 5,520 0.594
89Greenwired359RedwayCA6Off-GridEPC2.25 0.500
90California Home Solar364EncinoCA15ResidentialRooftop Contractor 5,750 0.500
91Green Energy EPC371San DiegoCA10ResidentialEPC 1,780 0.500
92Pure Power Solutions374HealdsburgCA15ResidentialEPC 5,738 0.455
93Solar Watt Solutions387CarlsbadCA10ResidentialEPC 2,000 0.405
94SunWork Renewable Energy Projects398MilpitasCA4ResidentialNon-Profit Contractor 2,040 0.360
95Earth Electric423San JoseCA8ResidentialRooftop Contractor 1,241 0.286
96Save a Lot Solar428OaklandCA5ResidentialRooftop Contractor 1,204 0.255
97Unique Solar429San DiegoCA8ResidentialRooftop Contractor 1,414 0.252
98RBS Solar431Los AngelesCA3CommercialEPC 1,500 0.250
99Cinnamon Solar433CampbellCA8ResidentialRooftop Contractor 610 0.250
100Semper Solaris445El CajonCA80ResidentialDeveloper 44,000 0.200
101ES Electric & Solar458PenrynCA5ResidentialRooftop Contractor 1,180 0.146
102California Sun Systems459Los AngelesCA6ResidentialRooftop Contractor 4,080 0.143
103CalSun Electric & Solar Systems466Paso RoblesCA3ResidentialEPC 1,101 0.120
104AGILE Remodelers467TustinCA7ResidentialRooftop Contractor0.33 0.113
105Run on Sun468PasadenaCA3ResidentialRooftop Contractor0.70 0.112
106SolarNorcal480Meadow VistaCA5ResidentialRooftop Contractor 2,110 0.087
107YouVee Solar485RidgecrestCA2ResidentialEPC 440 0.075

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