Balken Construction

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #74750 resolved from 10 public installation records.

At a glance

Balken Construction is a solar installer with 10 recorded installations totalling 179 kW, dated 2014 to 2017. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4510th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 7,581st of 10,536 nationally.

Recorded installs

Total capacity

179 kW

DC nameplate

Median system

6.3 kW

≈ $30,000

Median price

—

too few priced systems

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2014

Last recorded

2017

Track record

Install volume by year

2014

2015

3$4.39/W

2016

4$2.82/W

2017

2$3.60/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Feb 2, 2017	Paradise, CA	9.7 kW	$22,000	Host-owned
Jan 4, 2017	Chico, CA	28.6 kW	$141,000	Host-owned
Sep 16, 2016	Paradise, CA	89.9 kW	$180,000	Host-owned
Sep 7, 2016	Chico, CA	19.6 kW	$44,400	Host-owned
Aug 23, 2016	Paradise, CA	4.1 kW	$14,000	Host-owned
Jun 30, 2016	Chico, CA	3.3 kW	$12,400	Host-owned
Oct 6, 2015	Chico, CA	6.8 kW	$30,000	Host-owned
Jan 27, 2015	Chico, CA	5.7 kW	—	Host-owned
Jan 13, 2015	Paradise, CA	5.1 kW	—	Host-owned
Dec 30, 2014	Chico, CA	5.7 kW	—	Host-owned

Service geography

California: 10

Busiest cities

Chico, CA 6Paradise, CA 4

Record

Installer ID: PC-74750
First recorded install: Dec 30, 2014
Last recorded install: Feb 2, 2017
Priced records: 7

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How does Balken Construction compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Balken Construction ranks 4510th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 6.3 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 0% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Willdan Group (10), Thomas Esparza (10) and Fv Electrical Services (10).

How has Balken Construction's installation volume changed?

Balken Construction's earliest dated installation on record is from 2014. It has recorded installations in 4 calendar years. The busiest year was 2016, with 4 installations. 2017, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $4.39/W in 2015 to $3.60/W in 2017. The most recent recorded installation is dated Feb 2, 2017. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Balken Construction install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Chico, CA (6) and Paradise, CA (4).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Balken Construction completed?

PanelCensus records 10 installations by Balken Construction, from Dec 30, 2014 to Feb 2, 2017, totalling 179 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Balken Construction charge for solar?

The median installed price across 7 priced systems is $3.38/W before incentives (median system 6.3 kW, about $30,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Balken Construction install solar?

All 10 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Chico.

Is Balken Construction still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Balken Construction in the public records is dated Feb 2, 2017; 2017 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Balken Construction install leased or PPA solar systems?

0 recorded installations by Balken Construction (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Balken Construction install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Balken Construction (0%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated September 2026 . 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, “Balken Construction, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/balken-construction-74750 (data as of September 21, 2026).