Alternative Energy Store
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · active in 3 states · installer record #790 resolved from 206 public installation records.
At a glance
Alternative Energy Store is a solar installer with 206 recorded installations totalling 1.9 MW, dated 2000 to 2025. Its records are concentrated in California (97%), where it ranks 884th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 1,429th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 178 priced systems from all years is $7.17/W before incentives.
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 | Alternative Energy Store | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | $4.50/W | $4.05/W | +11% |
| 2016 | 24 | $4.71/W | $4.37/W | +8% |
| 2015 | 10 | $3.32/W | $4.58/W | −28% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | Camarillo, CA | 13.5 kW | $17,671 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Thousand Oaks, CA | 4.8 kW | $16,138 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Santa Rosa Valley, CA | 23.5 kW | $103,199 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Oak Park, CA | 9.7 kW | $47,635 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Camarillo, CA | 5.6 kW | $14,876 | Host-owned · battery |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Camarillo, CA | 5.7 kW | $34,538 | Host-owned · battery |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Thousand Oaks, CA | 11.4 kW | $51,763 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Ventura, CA | 6.2 kW | $32,231 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Thousand Oaks, CA | 11 kW | $41,393 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Thousand Oaks, CA | 4.6 kW | $14,582 | Host-owned · battery |
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Service geography
- California
- 200
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-790
- First recorded install
- Nov 28, 2000
- Last recorded install
- Dec 31, 2025
- Priced records
- 178
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How does Alternative Energy Store compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Alternative Energy Store ranks 884th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $7.17/W is about 68% above the California median of $4.26/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 4.5 kW, is about 24% below the state median of 5.9 kW. 4% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 11% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Solar Energy Designs (207), Sun Up Electric (207) and Advanced Conservation Systems (206).
How has Alternative Energy Store's installation volume changed?
Alternative Energy Store's earliest dated installation on record is from 2000. It has recorded installations in 22 calendar years. The busiest year was 2005, with 26 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 23. Its median price per watt moved from $4.87/W in 2000 to $3.71/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 31, 2025.
Where does Alternative Energy Store install solar?
Recorded installations span 3 states: California (200, 97%), Oregon (5, 2%) and Arizona (1, under 1%). The cities with the most of its installations are Santa Rosa, CA (26), Lakeport, CA (10), Windsor, CA (8), Sebastopol, CA (7) and Thousand Oaks, CA (5).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Alternative Energy Store completed?
PanelCensus records 206 installations by Alternative Energy Store, from Nov 28, 2000 to Dec 31, 2025, totalling 1.9 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Alternative Energy Store charge for solar?
The median installed price across 178 priced systems from all years is $7.17/W before incentives (median system 4.5 kW, about $26,200). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.
Where does Alternative Energy Store install solar?
Recorded installs span 3 states, led by California (200), Oregon (5) and Arizona (1). Its busiest city is Santa Rosa, CA.
Is Alternative Energy Store still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Alternative Energy Store in the public records is dated Dec 31, 2025; 2025 has 23 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Alternative Energy Store install leased or PPA solar systems?
8 recorded installations by Alternative Energy Store (4%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Alternative Energy Store install battery storage?
23 recorded installations by Alternative Energy Store (11%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
- All solar installers in California· 6,010 profiles
- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
- Solar Energy Designs· 207 installations
- Sun Up Electric· 207 installations
- Advanced Conservation Systems· 206 installations
- Diamond Builders· 206 installations
- Flex Energy Solar· 206 installations
- SLIMAN WEST LLC· 206 installations
- Solar in Oregon· 5 by Alternative Energy Store
- Solar in Arizona· 1 by Alternative Energy Store
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, “Alternative Energy Store, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/alternative-energy-store-790 (data as of September 21, 2026).