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Alternative Power Generation

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #798 resolved from 887 public installation records.

At a glance

Alternative Power Generation is a solar installer with 887 recorded installations totalling 8.5 MW, dated 2001 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 297th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 478th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 757 priced systems is $3.49/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
887
Total capacity
8.5 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
8.4 kW
≈ $29,986
Median price
$3.49/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
2%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
3%
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2001
2$7.11/W
2002
3$6.67/W
2003
1$5.97/W
2004
1
2006
1$8.89/W
2007
3$5.78/W
2008
4$8.69/W
2009
3$8.74/W
2010
13$6.36/W
2011
8$6.38/W
2012
43$5.08/W
2013
51$4.39/W
2014
53$3.89/W
2015
74$3.27/W
2016
70$3.45/W
2017
57$3.32/W
2018
63$3.54/W
2019
80$3.22/W
2020
81$3.34/W
2021
65$3.38/W
2022
59$3.33/W
2023
97$3.57/W
2024
36$4.50/W
2025
22$5.09/W

Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 24, 2025Merced, CA9.9 kW$50,300Host-owned · battery
Dec 4, 2025Stockton, CA1.1 kW$6,905Host-owned · battery
Dec 2, 2025Merced, CA8.4 kW$49,125Host-owned · battery
Dec 2, 2025Winton, CA3 kW$9,675Host-owned
Nov 24, 2025Winton, CA11 kW$60,000Host-owned · battery
Nov 24, 2025Merced, CA11 kW$62,983Host-owned · battery
Nov 24, 2025Merced, CA5.3 kW$29,659Host-owned · battery
Nov 14, 2025Newman, CA4.4 kW$18,240Host-owned
Nov 10, 2025Merced, CA7.5 kW$34,947Host-owned · battery
Nov 5, 2025Atwater, CA7.5 kW$43,907Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

California
890

Busiest cities

Merced, CA 369Atwater, CA 237Mariposa, CA 48Winton, CA 28Chowchilla, CA 20Los Banos, CA 15

Record

Installer ID
PC-798
First recorded install
Nov 6, 2001
Last recorded install
Dec 24, 2025
Priced records
757

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How does Alternative Power Generation compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Alternative Power Generation ranks 297th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.49/W is about 18% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 8.4 kW, is about 41% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 2% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 3% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Best Solar Power (896), All Bay Solar Construction (895) and Effect Energy (895).

How has Alternative Power Generation's installation volume changed?

Alternative Power Generation's earliest dated installation on record is from 2001. It has recorded installations in 24 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 97 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 22. Its median price per watt moved from $7.11/W in 2001 to $5.09/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 24, 2025.

Where does Alternative Power Generation install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Merced, CA (369), Atwater, CA (237), Mariposa, CA (48), Winton, CA (28) and Chowchilla, CA (20).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Alternative Power Generation completed?

PanelCensus records 887 installations by Alternative Power Generation, from Nov 6, 2001 to Dec 24, 2025, totalling 8.5 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Alternative Power Generation charge for solar?

The median installed price across 757 priced systems is $3.49/W before incentives (median system 8.4 kW, about $29,986). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Alternative Power Generation install solar?

All 887 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Merced.

Is Alternative Power Generation still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Alternative Power Generation in the public records is dated Dec 24, 2025; 2025 has 22 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Alternative Power Generation install leased or PPA solar systems?

15 recorded installations by Alternative Power Generation (2%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Alternative Power Generation install battery storage?

31 recorded installations by Alternative Power Generation (3%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

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 Power Generation, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/alternative-power-generation-798 (data as of September 21, 2026).