Solar Companies in Bakersfield, CA: Who Installed the Most Systems in 2025

Installers who connected the most home solar systems in Bakersfield in 2025

Counts from utility records, not a ranking or endorsement. Check each license's status and complaint history on the CSLB's Check a License page (checked Sept. 24, 2026).

Source: California Distributed Generation Statistics (CPUC), Interconnected Project Sites data set, data through May 31, 2026 (checked Sept. 24, 2026).

Home solar in Bakersfield by the numbers

PG&E approved 4,966 home solar systems in Bakersfield in 2025, from 193 installers; the top three were named on 45% of them. The busiest year since 2021 was 2023, with 8,553 (2025: -42%). Another 1,709 were approved from January through May 2026.

2025 mix: 51% leased or on a power purchase agreement, 49% owned by the household; 47% with a battery; median size 6.36 kW DC. Kern County: 55% leased or PPA, 50% with a battery, median 6.05 kW.

Hiring a solar company in Bakersfield

Solar companies working in Bakersfield design for PG&E, which serves the whole city on the California Energy Commission's map, and for a City permit office that reported issuing none of its 1,160 residential solar permits online in 2024. Most of those permits, 79%, included a battery. Homes outside city limits, such as Oildale, Rosedale or Buttonwillow, are permitted by the County of Kern instead. Compare at least three written bids built on your own PG&E bill.

Start with your Bakersfield electricity bill

Use the utility, generation provider and rate plan shown on your electricity bill. A PG&E proposal should show the current solar billing treatment and retained utility charges. Do not estimate from a statewide average rate.

What Bakersfield's permit reports show

Bakersfield reported 5,288 residential solar permits to the California Energy Commission for 2023 and 1,160 for 2024. None were issued through an online, automated platform in either year, so a Bakersfield permit still goes through the City's review; ask each bidder how long its recent permits took. Storage became the norm over the same period: 70% of the 2023 permits and 79% of the 2024 permits included a battery.

The County of Kern reported a different pattern for the unincorporated areas around the city: all 461 of its 2024 residential solar permits were issued online. Neighborhoods outside the city limits are permitted by the County, so have the bidder confirm which office will permit your home.

PG&E's Solar Billing Plan in Bakersfield

On the Energy Commission's map PG&E serves all of Bakersfield, and the Commission's community choice layer shows no provider anywhere in Kern County, so PG&E sets both halves of a solar bill here. A new system goes on PG&E's Solar Billing Plan, which values credits and charges by time of day, day of the week and season, gives Energy Export Bonus Credits to customers who start before 2028, and closes each 12-month cycle with a True-Up statement.

PG&E says Solar Billing Plan customers save the most when they use the energy they produce on-site. That is the case a battery quote has to prove on your own usage, including summer cooling and winter use, rather than on a single high summer bill.

What a Bakersfield quote needs to explain

A comparison to ask for

If a proposal uses a high summer bill to advertise year-round savings, ask for the full monthly model. Include cooling use, winter consumption, roof work, evening imports and a separate battery line item.

Verify the company behind the Bakersfield quote

Match the business name and license number on each Bakersfield proposal to the CSLB record, then use our contractor verification steps, the quote comparison guide and the PPA, loan, lease and cash comparison.

Permit fees and the filing route are on the Bakersfield solar cost and permit page.

Bakersfield solar quote questions